Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I'm referring to the time at which one consumes carbs as many people have told me in the past not to do so in the evening.

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Ambimorph · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-01 22:08:30Z UTC

What are your goals? It kind of depends on how much you like to fine-tune things. In the grand scheme it probably isn't as important as which carbs and how much.

One argument against carbs in the evening is that insulin inhibits growth hormone, which is supposed to be working while you sleep.

You can probably safely ignore timing and just eat what you like when you like, unless you are looking to optimize sports nutrition, in which case you should probably eat your carbs soon after your training. There are lots of variations: search for "post-workout" or PWO.

The Quilt · Answer 2 · 2011-06-01 20:52:39Z UTC

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If your leptin resistant timing is more critical than what you eat.

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Sorry for this but what is leptin resistant? – The hacker formerly knownasron Jun 1 2011 at 22:10

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Dr. K, could you please elaborate more on the timing for leptin resistant folks? Thanks! :) – ricechek Jun 1 2011 at 23:03

Yes please elaborate. – The hacker formerly knownasron Jun 2 2011 at 4:14

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If leptin signaling is broken. Ie your fat or skinny with a high reverse T3 you need to recalibrate by eating there meals only a day. The meals should begin from awakening. Within thirty minutes eat 50 to 75 gms of protein mixed with a fat and as low carb meal as possible. Usually 6 to 8 am. Then lunch should be 12 to 2 with more veggies fat and some prtein......then dinner from Six to eight with a decreasing amount of protein and veggies loaded in a fat. The trend usually yields decreasing portion size during the day until carb cravings go away in six to eight weeks. The most critical poin – The Quilt Jun 2 2011 at 13:09

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yet another less-than-helpful answer from the good doctor. Dude, cmon, why not try to offer things that might actually help the OP? If you don't have the time or wherewithall to do so then maybe just don't post anything. – ben61820 Jul 2 2011 at 13:30

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ben61820 · Answer 3 · 2011-07-02 12:39:29Z UTC

This canard has existed in gyms and men’s health magazines for years. Its total nonsense. Study after study continue to show no relation whatsoever to the timing of carbohydrate-consumption and fat-accumulation.

One’s hormonal situation will dictate how one’s caloric-intake is partitioned regarding adipose tissue, muscle tissue, bone mass, etc.

To achieve a good hormonal status if you feel you are broken, you will want to lose as much as excess weight as possible and gain as much lean muscle mass as possible. Weight training is a great way to begin this process. Weight training has a tremendous effect on gearing one’s hormones to partition nutrients in a way that is more desirable for most people.

Does timing matter?

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