no carbs in the evening??

[eurorides]

so adding some steamed brocoli (sp?) to my usually simple dinner of egg whites, natty pb and flax is ok?...also even though im cutting i always have a small meal 10-15mins before i go to bed, what kind of meal should this be, i usually just have 150-200 cals, mostly protien to keep some food in me over the night. this ok? or should i eat something else/forget the whole idea? thanks

 

[tiger88]

i will try the light carbs in the evening,.....no beer maybe some coke then .......jk

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

tiger, i dont believe in cutting out carbs, but dont over do them ,they should in my opinion make no more than 40% of your diet (maybe 50% if you're bulking big time or very very active)
Just be sinsible,m eat unprocessed natural stuff where possible and consume a Hi gi shake post workout

 

[Deleted member 33117]

well u can have always salad or green veggies with low GI.

low GI carbs will keep your insulin levels stable.
when u do not eat carbs your insulin levels drop so low, that might prevent u from burning fat.

your main goal should be to keep insulin levels stable and not to spike them up

I'm unfamiliar with the phenominon of insulin levels droping so low that it would impede fat loss, please explain.

The_Eviscerator is correct, carbs are nothing more than fuel. If one burns them off doing activity, they are not fattening, nor will they be deposed as fat, regardless of the time of day eaten, if one's glycogen stores are low enough to justify 100% of their absorbsion.

Bear in mind, I am often accused of being anti-carb, which is untrue. I do believe in cycling carbohydrate intake in order to optimize anabolic hormone release and create an ideal environment for burning fat as fuel and creating an anabolic environment at the same time. The idea is to minimize muscle loss and maximize fat loss while cutting and to reduce body fat gains while trying to gain lbm as rapidly as possible. Have gotten a few PM's on this lately, so just trying to clarify.

BA, I would also tend to agree with you. If one wishes to not do a CKD or rotate their carb intake, 30-40% of one's calories coming from carbs is a good range for most bodybuilders, although a handful will do better on more or less.

 

[test-monkey]

try eating very complex carbs towards night time with very low gi such as beans and lentils or veggies the chances of those kinds of carbs turning into fat few hours before bed time are low just don't over do it by eating to much eat small portions that should cut out those night carb crave without messing up your diet.

 

[onerepmaximum]

It makes sense to me to eliminate carbs after a certain hour for several reasons. 1) Carbs (especially high Gl carbs) spike insulin levels which triggers fat storage. 2) If you are not going to be active for the next 6-10 hours, the carbs you consume are not going to burned (as fast) and they will be stored. 3) Your overall carb intake for the day will be decreased. Some or all of these points may have been already raised. I'm too lazy to read every one of them. If you work out just before bed, it is ok to have some carbs, they should be used for glycogen replenishment. Otherwise, you don't need them that late.

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

*DISCLAMER* Subjective.

I believe that you should consume energy on demand, and not just an even spread throughout the day. The body is not that simple! It does not operate on a one-way linear basis always needing the same fuel at even predetermined times during the day. If only it was that easy we'd all have it figured out!

Caloric needs fluctuate from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute and between each breath and heartbeat, and so on and so forth. You'll never completely figure out when the optimal time for calorie consumption is and the exact amount to take in, but I'd say it is a sound rule to cut down when your not as physically active.

Why have sugar flowing around in the blood when your not gonna use it, and then have too little or less then optimal levels when you do!?!

This is not to say I'm an advocate of high G.I. foods and such. I do eat low G.I. foods and its not to say I don't eat when I'm relaxing. I just 'lower' my energy intake instinctively.

There is also replacing liver glycogen and a host of other factors. Thinking about all these will just mind boggle you...

Just act on instinct and you'll be fine!

 

[rettoforever]

Bump-- (that info. sounds just like something Franco Columbu would say-- that's a good thing)