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How to Eat According to Your Carb Tolerance
There’s no single solution for eating the right mix of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Here’s how to find your personal optimal mix to get fit and have great energy.
I’ve been studying how fat and carbohydrates affect the body every since I first learned about low-carb dieting over a decade ago. There’s a lot of misinformation out there, and the popular media tends to swing wildly between advocating low-carb and low-fat diets.
What I’ve learned is that the answer isn’t so simple — the right diet is different for different people. You have to eat according to your own body’s carbohydrate tolerance.
The other day I received a text message from Steve, a former client of mine. “I’m finally there. 75 kg.” Accompanying the message was a mirror selfie. For the first time since he was in junior high, Steve had a flat stomach, with a hint of abdominal muscle showing.
On my advice, Steve had been working out several days a week, but he owed most of his success to his diet. It wasn’t the Atkins Diet, the Paleo diet, or the South Beach Diet. It was Steve’s diet—one that I designed just for him, to provide his optimal mix of fat, carbohydrates, and protein.