No carbs after 6PM

[sonicwaste]

it's the insulin. I too, agree about having 100+ grams simple carbs at once... Especially if you chug it, can cause some problems... There are some circumstances where this would be acceptable if sipped over a longer period of time... But that is 1% and if the diet/training protocol called for it.

For you, not a good idea. 20,30,40g carbs is all you really need at the max post workout.

 

[iggy]

gladiator, i still was dropping bodyfat and getting stronger when i followed omegas diet.
i don't eat carbs after 7 with the exception of SL's protein brownie recipe. protein powder and peanut butter. that usually fills me up. (and it takes a ton to fill me up) Aside from that, i don't see what the big deal is in eating a ton of spinach for dinner. make sure if you eat a carb, its either peanut butter or green after 7pm. thats my rule.

 

[Blizzak]

Yet...a little carb will help you sleep better. That's actually why they wouuld put a little candy on your pillow at the hotel. Blood sugar reaction causes sleepiness.

 

[future]

Is this if you go to bed at 10? Or is this just a universal thought?

If i got to bed around 12 midnight, would no carbs after 8PM be the same? Or is it pretty much just the idea to get carbs in your system earlier in the day...

Good food choices for nighttime would be almonds, cottage cheese, meat, eggs, whey and veggies?

Yeah the timing is always based around sleep schedules. I don't get so caught up with that personally because of my own metabolism.

It is individual BUT that being said most people are not active enough for the carbs so I think a carb cut off several hours before bed makes sense.

 

[gstacker]

Yeah the timing is always based around sleep schedules. I don't get so caught up with that personally because of my own metabolism.

It is individual BUT that being said most people are not active enough for the carbs so I think a carb cut off several hours before bed makes sense.

ya i was thinking the same thing while reading this thread...somthing you would read in a magazine waiting to get cashed out at the grocery store....for most people cut the carbs later in the day.....bb`s and athletes might not apply as much

 

[sonicwaste]

still you must look at this concept as a whole... and get past the rumours/broscience echoed everywhere.

What is the difference between ingesting carbs sitting behind a desk all day and ingesting carbs when you are sitting on the couch watching tv at night??? or ingesting carbs before bed??? The answer is not much difference at all.

No one has a problem ingesting carbs throughout the day, even when they workout in the morning. There is no significant difference. As we sit behing desks, sit watching tv, sleeping at night, our bodies are still burning at out basal metabolic rate.

Organs and body processes require energy, even as we sleep. So the notion that ingesting carbs are going to be stored as fat or inhibit fat loss, is in general wrong. Carbs are the easiest, most efficient source of energy for our bodies.

So long as energy balance is maintained, there is no logical reason to believe that carbohydrates will work vodoo magic against you at night.

But it all fits in to a context... fat can still be mobilized and oxidized in the presence of carbohydrate intake.

50 grams of carbohydrates is 200 calories. 200lbs male at 6' bmr is roughly 2000 calories. 83 calories per hour BMR. So in roughly 2.5 hours of sleep, the body will effectively burn the calories from 50 carbohydrates. That's an ultra simplified way of looking at things, but very realistic.

 

[johnwest]

I think people in the no evening carbs camp aren't so worried about fat gain but rather inhibition of fat loss from an insulin spike...when on a calorie deficit. Insulin is pretty much viewed as the enemy in that line of thinking.

 

[sonicwaste]

I think people in the no evening carbs camp aren't so worried about fat gain but rather inhibition of fat loss from an insulin spike...when on a calorie deficit. Insulin is pretty much viewed as the enemy in that line of thinking.

yes, but most people don't understand insulin or what it takes to cause an insulin spike, how long the spike lasts, etc. Sure you want to avoid spiking insulin... But eating carbs in general doesn't spike insulin. There is not a problem with steadiness in terms of insulin release in relation to fat loss.

 

[Jimbo15]

i get home from the gym at 9.00pm and have a pwo meal with fast carbs in it, how bad is this?

Some of the guys might not appreciate this, but:

We’ve all heard that growth hormone (GH) does a ton of great stuff for our bodies including burning body fat, increasing protein synthesis, increasing nitrogen retention, and decreasing protein catabolism. (1) This means more muscle, less fat, and a happier, healthier, sexier you. So how can we maximize the effects and release of growth hormone we get in response to strenuous exercise?

Keep your post workout carbohydrate levels in check.

When we exercise, blood glucose and insulin levels decrease, and GH levels increase. GH levelscan remain this way for an hour or more. (2) However, as soon as blood glucose and insulin levels rise, GH levels will drop back down, as insulin acts to suppress GH secretion. (3) Keeping carbohydrate intake to a minimum after exercise will keep blood glucose and insulin levels down and GH up for a longer period of time.

How do you boost GH levels and keep it elevated after a workout? Consider protein instead of carbs for your post workout nutrition!

Carbohydrates negatively effects Growth Hormone

 

[burnthiscorpse]

I usually eat a Natty PB sandwich on whole grain bread before bed.