Low carb diet cycle

[spikester]

excellent post. do me a small favor and post up your diet in the diet forum, I think a lot of guys would be very interested in seeing what a competitive bodybuilder's diet is like. I hit you with some big K hits, welcome to the board.

No prob bud ill get on that. Thanks man im here to learn and pass on what i've learned. Thanks for the hits man and thanks for the welcome.

 

[igomad]

im not even going to comment on the cycle because it is a mess and steve covered pretty much all of it... there is one thing that you need to realize when it comes to carbs... they are needed for this reason... there is only ONE SOURCE that provides energy to YOUR BRAIN.... the ONLY way is through carbs... So essentially, if you completely cut them out or keep them too low, then your brain is not getting any energy and if you can't read between those lines, then I don't know what to say... Now, I do keep mine lower than a lot of people but you definitely need to get them up slightly... They are a necessity to the body... You just don't want to load them because that's when the weight gain issue comes into effect... You have to be smart with them... Supplement them properly and you are good to go...

Nope, totally wrong there.
The brain needs an avg I think about 40-50 grams of glucose per day. If you keep your protein intake high enough the body will make more then enough glucose from it to cover your brain's needs. And for the other energy demands of the body, after about a week or two the body can use ketone bodies instead of glucose and it seems with most people it is even more efficient this way.

 

[TheSVPdeal]

No prob bud ill get on that. Thanks man im here to learn and pass on what i've learned. Thanks for the hits man and thanks for the welcome.

Post a link to it here when you get it, Brotha.

 

[dylangemelli]

Nope, totally wrong there.
The brain needs an avg I think about 40-50 grams of glucose per day. If you keep your protein intake high enough the body will make more then enough glucose from it to cover your brain's needs. And for the other energy demands of the body, after about a week or two the body can use ketone bodies instead of glucose and it seems with most people it is even more efficient this way.

Wow so my professors in college are wrong and i wasted my money going to school then??


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[eddymerckx]

Wow so my professors in college are wrong and i wasted my money going to school then??


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you have the macro answer correct--the brain uses glucose for fuel, but the source of the glucose can be direct or indirect: that is, from amino acids (free or from muscle tissue converted in the Liver to glucose or glucogon--can't remember);

BUT, energy is needed for the process (citric acid cycle/Kreb's Cycle). Fatty acids are a great source of kcals but worthless to the body in that form so they must be broken down (a part of the molecule is cleaved off into ketones and one part acetal aceatate is converted to acetyl-CoA which then undertgoes oxidative phosphorylation which leaves you with some random waste products and ATP. The ATP can then form a fuel for the production of some glucose cycle/glucogenesis.

This is the common misunderstanding--in the end we need a carbohydrate, but we can get their with fat and protein as complimentary fuels. The real problem is when the body runs out of fat--the the muscle is use as both the fuel and the energy--thus when a person hits a certain point--well, it's just a cascading process and death is shortly thereafter.

 

[spikester]

Post a link to it here when you get it, Brotha.

I would love to but the site is not alowing me to do so. Something about not having enough posts. But it is in the (Fitness, bodybuilding, and sports) forum "Diet and bodybuilding" section (Pre contest diet) is the name of the post.

 

[George Spellwin]

<p><strong><img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/fitness-cookbook/images/pasta.jpg" alt="Low Carbohydrate Diet Gain Weight Carbs" width="200" height="305" hspace="10" align="left" />Most people associate carb loading with either long-distance runners or giant lardos who have no regard for their body.</strong></p> <p><strong>However, the truth is that even ripped people can engage in carb loading – provided they do it right. In some instances, this practice can even offer some major benefits for you.</strong></p> <p> I’ve done my best to avoid binging on breadsticks and pasta for meals. My thoughts here are twofold: 1) my cardio doesn’t consist of a marathoner’s schedule so the carbs won’t burn off easily, and 2) I’d rather use other foods/nutrients to pack on pounds during a bulking phase. </p> <p>But I’ve been lightening up on this stance lately after reading some new materials on the subject of carb loading. And the truth is that carb loading – or just eating these nutrients in general – isn’t as bad as everybody thinks. That said, let’s discuss this subject further, beginning with the notion that people can eat plenty of carbohydrates and still lose weight. </p> <p>Read about how to <a href="http://bodybuilding.elitefitness.com/low-carbohydrate-diet-gain-weight-carbs" target="_blank"><strong>Cheat Your Low Carbohydrate Diet & Don't Gain Weight from Carbs</strong></a>.</p>

 

[michal123]

Carbohydrate cycling just be the most effective low carbohydrate diet method of losing body fat. This technique has been one of the most important secrets of bodybuilders and fitness models.

 

[kc17]

Why you running long esters for 6 wks only .a waste inmo next time if u decide on a short cycle go with short esters

 

[Aplmustdie]

im not even going to comment on the cycle because it is a mess and steve covered pretty much all of it... there is one thing that you need to realize when it comes to carbs... they are needed for this reason... there is only ONE SOURCE that provides energy to YOUR BRAIN.... the ONLY way is through carbs... So essentially, if you completely cut them out or keep them too low, then your brain is not getting any energy and if you can't read between those lines, then I don't know what to say... Now, I do keep mine lower than a lot of people but you definitely need to get them up slightly... They are a necessity to the body... You just don't want to load them because that's when the weight gain issue comes into effect... You have to be smart with them... Supplement them properly and you are good to go...

In adults, low-carb diets have no adverse cognitive effects in the long-term. A well-executed, year-long study published to the Archives of Internal Medicine (Can't post links) in 2009 found no difference in cognitive functioning for subjects consuming either a low-carb weight loss diet or a high-carb weight loss diet. Both actually enjoyed improvements to working memory and speed of processing, a result presumably attributed to weight loss.