Anyone know anything about carb cycling?

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E.g. Carb Nite. Where you eat bugger all carbs for X days, then have a massive carb blow out on one evening and it spikes your glycerine levels (I think)

I'm curious, can you do this while on a VLCD like Cambridge Diet? Anyone know?

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I don't know much about it, but I understand it's what body builders do, to give them the energy for a big workout, where they burn them off.

I think if you're not that you'll struggle to lose weight really if you do it too often.

I think that might be carb loading as opposed to carb cycling?

Isn't it basically the same thing?

No I think carb loading is literally eating a shit load more carbs prior to some kind of sporting thing, carb cycling is eating ultra low carb for X number of days then have one day designated for carbs..I'm not sure on the science but I'm sure there's a difference!

I've heard of a carb re-feed, after a long stint low carbing. I think that's where your leptin gets really low and you stop losing weight, and a re-feed raises the levels.

Thay sounds like it could be something similar, but you have s regular cycle to keep 'topped up'. I'm sure it's prob not a good idea on VLCD but was curious because when I did Cambridge before, whenever I had a planned cheat meal it seemed to kick start weight loss again..

I don't think this can work op. Basically you need to average your calories over a week, and if you have a "massive blow out" your calorie intake will up and off set all thr good work you've done. It would also be difficult to control what you eat.

In addition, it takes about four days to go into keto, you'd just be constantly maintaining, if not gaining.

It honestly sounds like you're just looking for away to cheat. There is lots of articles about this on line, but effectively it's bollocks.

I'm not going to, I was just curious. I thought the amount of cals would prob be the stumbling block!