(@jerishall3) When is the most important times to eat your carbs?
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This is a personal preference. I need carbohydrate when I wake up and after a heavy weights based session, and that's it - clearly in terms of dieting.
First thing in the morning, breaking the fast I am really shifting my way of thinking. Slow release carbohydrate at this stage I personally believe is wrong. You need that insulin spike to really push a good serving of protein, creatine etc etc into your starved muscle cells, irrespective of state in diet. I was doing this with great results, and in the last 4 weeks or so I haven't been. It is a huge error, and I am now back doing this.
About an hour or so after this in the morning, I might have a very small amount of steel cut oats.
The only other time then I really need my carbohydrate is post training. I tend to have a banana immediately after training with my protein, and then a small sweet potato about 1 hour after that. As long as my protein intake is high, and I am keeping my fat intake constant, this suits me well.
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Carbs need to be taken in the morning (when the body is low on glycogen - stored sugar) and after training(...ditto).
Morning and post-workout carbs are the last servings that you cut from your diet when trying to achieve fat loss. At some point, these may have to be altered also to shed the last of your bodyfat but get rid of the other carbs in your diet first.
Remember, Dr Dan trains very hard and often - both in his cardio sessions and his weights, so if this is not the case with yourself, you may want to stick with lower-glycemic carbs in the morning, whereas because of Dan's very demanding workout schedule, he may benefit from the higher GI carbs!
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