Carbohydrates have been stirring up a lot of conversation in the area of health. With the Ketogenic Diet and Low Carb diets in the spotlight, many people are shunning carbs. But the question is: How much carbs should I eat to lose weight? Is it 50 carbs? 100 carbs? If you’re unsure, you’re not alone. Many people have “carb confusion”. Find out the details on carbs and weight loss in this article.
How much carbs should I eat to lose body fat is a common concern for many people, who are trying to reverse insulin resistance and live a healthy lifestyle. Carbohydrates serve a purpose in the body, but they are never healthy to over consume. Many people who are trying to lose weight turn to healthy carbohydrate options and over indulge, leaving them unable to achieve their health goals. How much carbs should I take a day? Depends on your goals, but a number can be determined once you identify what you’re trying to achieve with your health.
If you are starting up a ketogenic diet, then it is likely that you will fall in the 50 or below range of net carbohydrates per day. Keto athletes can consume more carbs, but it’s because they are putting their body through rigorous exercise that causes them to be able to utilize the carbohydrates without knocking home out of ketosis.
How much carbs should you eat will depend on your state of health as well.
Someone who is doing Keto with insulin resistance may need to be down in the 20-25 net carbs per day range.
How much carbs should you eat a day on a low carb diet? On a low carb diet, you want to be below a 100 grams of net carbs per day. This is where the majority of people fall. Many people who are healthy and living a healthy lifestyle fall into this category. This is a very comfortable diet to follow and allows for eating more healthy whole foods like fruits and sweet potatoes. I personally am a huge advocate of a Low Carb Diet and think its works well for many people.
How much carbs should I do to lose weight will depend on how much weight you want to lose and how fast you want to see results. Most people are eating 300 or more grams of carbohydrates a day, so this means on a low carb diet most people will lose weight. If you want to skyrocket fat burning, then the ketogenic diet is your way to go.
Carbohydrate counting is easy and doesn’t have to be complicated. I recommend following the net carb equation as it is important for your overall health to get fiber for the microbiome. The net carb equation is:
Total Carbs – Fiber = Net Carbs
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[Video Transcription] How Much Carbs Should I Eat To Lose Weight | Count Carbs Correctly
In this video, we’ll discuss how many carbs you should eat in order to lose weight.
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In this video, we’re talking about how much carbs should I eat in order to lose weight. This is a big question in our community, because there’s a lot of confusion around it. First of all, how many carbs should you eat, but also how to properly count your carbs. So, that’s what I’m going to teach you in this video – how to properly count your carbs and also how many you need to actually eat if you want to lose weight.
Let’s dive right into this. Now, when we look at this carb equation, there’s something called total carbs and there’s something called net carbs. Now, total carbs is including the fiber within the carb equation and your net carbs is removing the fiber from it. And the reason that we actually want to follow the net carbs is because, we really need to have that fiber in our diet. Now, some people who are going and following a ketogenic diet or a low carb diet and they’re taking the carbohydrate level too low, essentially what they’re doing is they’re disrupting their body in a much negative manner. And the reason for that is, because fiber actually has many benefits that our body needs. And so that’s why we actually want to be aware of this equation as to how to count carbohydrates so we’re not decreasing our overall level of health.
Now the benefits of fiber include, lowering body fat. It also supports decreasing insulin and blood sugar. It supports the good bacteria. This is very important because if you’re following the ketogenic diet and you are decreasing your carbohydrates to a level that is far too low, you’re going to be killing off your bad bacteria. You’re going to be hurting your gut health. The bacteria within your gut need that fiber. So, it’s also going to increase satiety, improve insulin sensitivity, and decrease your risk of heart disease.
Now, what I want to do is give you some examples of this equation. So, let’s take a couple of vegetables here. For instance, let’s start with broccoli – and this is all based on one cup. So, one cup of broccoli is a total carb amount of 11 grams. When we take that fiber out, we take out those 5 grams of fiber and we end up with 6 grams of net carbs. Now remember, we want to actually use this net carb equation. Cauliflower – 5 grams. Take out the 2 grams of fiber and we end up with 3 grams of net carbs. So, you can see why this makes such a big difference, especially when it comes to Romaine lettuce because we have 1 gram of total carbs. But when we take out the fiber, we end up with a 0 grams net carb equation here. Next here is zucchini, 4 grams. Take out 1, you end up with 3. And then black olives are just like Romaine lettuce where you’re actually going and you have that 1 gram you start with, but at the end of the equation, you end up with a 0 grams. Now, once again, this is so important because when you’re figuring out how many carbs you should eat, we actually want to use this equation because we don’t want to restrict our fiber intake too much. So very important, especially when on the ketogenic diet.
Now, when it comes to losing weight and discussing how many carbs you need to eat, this is important because there’s really two ways I break down as to how you need to do this. You can follow a ketogenic or you can follow a low carb diet. What’s the difference? So, in the ketogenic diet, you’re going to be doing 50 grams or less of carbohydrates. If you really want to get deep into that fat burning state, you could drop it down to even 20 grams – 20 grams of net carbohydrates. And then in the ketogenic diet, you’re measuring ketosis. So, this is a diet that you’re actually measuring to see if you were in the state of ketosis. That’s how the ketogenic diet is followed. And then also on the keto diet, it’s going to be high fat, low carb.
Now, the other diet that I’m going to mention is the low carb diet. Now this is where most people really fall. This is the end of the continuum that most people are actually on. Many people claim to be following the ketogenic diet, but they’re really just following a low carb diet because they’re measuring ketosis or not seeing if they’re in the state of ketosis, they’re not measuring their carb intake. They’re just eating a high fat, low carb diet and that’s completely okay. Now a low carb diet is classified as one that is a hundred grams or less of net carbs. It also is removing a lot of the processed food, the sugary drinks, the sugary snacks, and the grains as well. It’s still a high fat, low carb diet, just a good whole food diet. You allow more things like fruits in your diet. You allow more high-quality food. You allow a little bit more carbohydrates in your diet as well.
Both of these are great diets. Now if you really want to get deep in the fat burning and do it quickly, you’re going to want to be on the ketogenic diet. Now if you want to go in and let’s say lose fat slowly, if you want to go in and maintain a good healthy body weight – let’s say you are where you want to be and you are exercising, doing all the right things – a low carb diet is a great diet to be on. Now you have to understand what the low carb diet, because people say, well, you know, I want to be on the ketogenic diet because that’s 50 grams or less. I’m going to get much better results. But understand that the average person is consuming 300 grams of carbohydrates or more a day. So, when we look at the average individual, you take them from 300 to 100 there’s going to be a big change in the way that their body’s functioning.
There’s going to be a big decrease in insulin levels. Their blood sugar levels are going to start losing weight. Okay? So that’s a good quality diet for many people. And like I said, many people who actually claim to be doing keto are really just doing a low carb diet, and that’s completely fine.
So anyway, when we look at how to lose weight, use these different keto/low carb equations. When we look at counting our carbohydrates, let’s make sure that we’re actually using net carbs and not total carbs, because that’s the proper way to do it. Remove that fiber. Our body needs that fiber, so we have to make sure we’re getting adequate amounts of it.
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