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Doug Egge

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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

and there are individual variances to how people feel eating them, you have flexibility with them.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

So we're basically saying no, carbohydrate's probably not a good idea, but you can go on the lower end or the higher end.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And some people do better on the lower end, and some people do better on the higher end.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And the only way to know is for you to test this out yourself.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And the carbohydrate that you want to trade this with, in other words, if I drop my carbs, I'll typically increase my fats to make up the difference.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And if I drop my fats, I'll increase my carbohydrates.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

Now, one caveat is don't go below a certain amount of fat, essential fat.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

But if you look that up, it's going to be lower than what I typically recommend.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

I don't like women going below 65, 70 grams and men going below 85 to 90 grams.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

So if you're getting that much fat, you can bump your carbs.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And if you lower the carbs, you can bump your fats.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

I typically do not like people going below 100 gram of carbohydrates.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

I think 100 grams is pretty low.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

I don't like people going lower than that.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

But you can go as high as whatever your calories will allow.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And the way to know which one works better for you is to test this out.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And you can test this out on a week or on a day.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And what you're looking for are things like energy, satiety, mood.

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

Do I have fluctuations in energy?

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2879: How to Eat Carbs for Muscle Gains and Fat Loss (The Full Breakdown)

And then my performance in the gym.