Kids only need to restrict carbs if they have serious medical reasons, otherwise ample amounts
of whole food carbohydrates are completely acceptable for children.
Sometimes that energy crash can come from eating too many processed sugars or
even whole food carbohydrates at lunch with too little protein or healthy fats, it could be stress related, emotionally related, or it could just mean you're slightly dehydrated.
For decades, researchers like Dr. Denis Burkitt have postulated that Western diets, high in animal protein and fat but low in fiber, raise colon cancer risk compared with African diets, which are high
in whole food carbohydrates, resistant starch and fiber, and low in fat, protein and oils.
For heart health month, replace some of your carbs (white flours, fruit juices, soda, and desserts)
with whole food carbohydrates (vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, fruits with the peel) and traditional fats (fish, avocado, olives, coconuts, butter).
Get in your fruit, your fiber, and
your whole food carbohydrate choices.
Or, consume
a whole food carbohydrate, like fruit, sweet potato, millet, quinoa or barley instead.
Restricting your diet of healthy,
whole food carbohydrates, including fruits can lead to all manner of health issues.
It is extremely nutrient dense and filled with healthy fats, protein and
whole food carbohydrates.
Because digesting proteins and converting them to carbohydrates requires more energy than utilizing
a whole food carbohydrates, energy is lost in the process (and protein - packing ingredients essentially go to waste).