Some people feel amazing on
a relatively high carb diet.
Not exact matches
Some of these foods are even
relatively healthy, just not suitable on a low -
carb diet because of their
high amount of
carbs.
These include frequent and intense exercise, sufficient and good quality sleep, time restricted eating (often called intermittent fasting) and following a
relatively Low
Carb High Fat
diet with minimal refined carbohydrates and little added sugar.
One study [19] found that
relatively high - intensity «cardio» performed while fasted increased subjects» insulin sensitivity beyond the group who did the same training after a
carb meal, even in the context of a normally obesogenic
high - fat,
high -
carb diet.
From my experience, I've found many people believe they're following a low -
carb diet, but when they actually log everything they eat, their
carb intake is still
relatively high, especially when you see the amount of fat they consume on their
diet.
The people I know with the greatest body compositions (low - body fat and great musculature) all eat
relatively higher protein
diets, with some eating very
high carb, and others eating moderate
carb and moderate fat.
It might be
high if you're sticking to a strict ketogenic
diet, but they are still
relatively low
carb!
Youre
diet can be a
relatively high fat
diet and still be a low GI or a low
carb diet.
Any «
diet» that directly encourages one to eat significantly more real food and significantly less industrialized food than they previously did is a
relatively «healthy»
diet regardless of macronutrient composition (i.e
high carb, low
carb,
high fat,
high protein, etc.) and food type inclusion / exclusion (i.e vegan, plant - based, gluten - free, paleo, etc.).
When training at a
relatively high intensity (strenuous), it's important that your
diet contain a reasonable amount of low - glycemic
carbs in order to fuel
higher - intensity training.
With just that small change — adding coconut oil to a
high - carbohydrate
diet - she noticed enough of an improvement to continue, increase the dose over time, and eventually progress to using a ketone ester, still in the context of a
relatively high -
carb diet.
Therefore, the argument goes, VLCD
diets may produce very little fat loss effect for such folks (or presumably anyone eating a
relatively high protein
diet) because (1) protein is insulinogenic (resulting in inhibition of fat release) and (2) in the absence of
carbs will stimulate release of glucagon, thereby triggering gluconeogenesis.
And because the protein in
carb cycling
diets is
relatively high, you will be retaining much more muscle mass or even gaining a little.
«the typical American
diet...
relatively low in protein,
high in fat and
carbs... may be contributing more dangerously to the country's obesity problem»
For a conventional
high carb athlete we continue to feel the standard Maffetone Method Low HR Training (MAF) approach is an excellent tool for their base and recovery training, however, based on athlete feedback and new data is has become clear to us the 180 BPM minus chronological age needs to shift with a fat - adapted athlete and here is why: The Maffetone Method was developed using athletes who were using a
relatively high carbohydrate
diet.
He had already been on a
relatively low -
carb diet, but he went further towards a
high - fat (low omega - 6,
high saturated fat), low -
carb diet.
Confirming this are RCTs which demonstrate that low -
carb diets which are
high in MUFAs and PUFAs and
relatively low in saturated fat result in favourable changes in cardiovascular risk factors, including weight loss.