Are Carbs Necessary?

[Guest guest]

Hello Everyone!

After figuring out my daily ratios, my carb target is about 13.5 carbs per meal.

Is this a minimum, maximum, or an exact target. Can I do without carbs if I

don't want them, or do I need this much.

I realize that the protiens and fats need to hit my target zones fairly

accurately, but am still a little foggy as to how carbs fit into the picture.

Are they necessary to a healthy diet?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello Everyone!

>

> After figuring out my daily ratios, my carb target is about 13.5 carbs per

meal. Is this a minimum, maximum, or an exact target. Can I do without carbs

if I don't want them, or do I need this much.

>

> I realize that the protiens and fats need to hit my target zones fairly

accurately, but am still a little foggy as to how carbs fit into the picture.

Are they necessary to a healthy diet?

+++Hi ,

You do not need to consume the exact ratios with every meal. Instead, just

ensure your daily totals are close, to within 10% plus or minus.

It is okay to not have carbs, but it is impractical, which means your body must

convert protein and fats into carbs/glucose. That's okay too, but if you eat

all protein and fat your fat ratios should be up to the lower range, and then

you need to consume 80% fat to 20% protein by calorie count, not by grams.

Most people need time to get their fats up to that range, since they cause so

many detoxifying and healing symptoms.

Bee

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Bee. I haven't had much trouble getting my fats within range, probably

because I have taken 2 months to learn the system, during which I slowly

increased my fats and slowly decreased my carbs. It is only now that I am

seriously trying to get my ratios honed down and accurate. My protiens have

been pretty much on target all along, so the adjustments were totally fats and

carbs. Also, I have used coconut oil for many years and am used to it, so the

only adjustments have been in amounts. That makes things nice for me, because

it is one less thing to get used to on this program.

So far, I haven't seen anything that I can really classify as " detox " or

retracing. Perhaps because I am only just now fully on the program. I expect

to see some things crop up in a little while.

> +++Hi ,

>

> You do not need to consume the exact ratios with every meal. Instead, just

ensure your daily totals are close, to within 10% plus or minus.

>

> It is okay to not have carbs, but it is impractical, which means your body

must convert protein and fats into carbs/glucose. That's okay too, but if you

eat all protein and fat your fat ratios should be up to the lower range, and

then you need to consume 80% fat to 20% protein by calorie count, not by grams.

>

> Most people need time to get their fats up to that range, since they cause so

many detoxifying and healing symptoms.

>

> Bee

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