Half Nicaraguan, half Portuguese.

I feel like a wreck when I don't eat enough carbs. Mentally fuzzy, lack of sex drive, lack of energy. Carbs have to be whole grain, ancient grain, sweet potatoes, steel-cut oats etc. never any white carbs. I also never drink any fruit juices, and I rarely eat fruit, only berries and sometimes apples.

I'm 5' 8', my body is more mesomorphic with wider shoulders and smaller waist and I gain muscle easily. I find that now that I have more muscle on my frame, I also need more carbs. So many, that it's hard to get them in my system sometimes.

Irish, Mohawk, French/Scottish and English in about equal parts. Carbs? HELLS NO.

I come from a long line of bloated bellies, allergies, asthma, anxiety and heart issues.

Costa-rican and German! I can consume A fairly large amount of carbs. I do good on moderate protein, moderate carb, higher fat.

African American - can handle approximately 40 grams for weight loss, up to 75g to maintain.

I'm half English, half Welsh, I have slightly darker skin I think because there is some Romantic blood in wales apparently. I thrive much, much better on carbs than not but I have some anxiety issues

I don't think this is a very good question to ask, as this community does not reflect the human population as a whole. I'm guesssing most people here that visit this website are doing low-carb diets because they have low-tolerance for carbohydrates and need to eat low amounts to lose weight. We don't know the average person's carb tolerance, and we probably won't ever.

Then again, for millions of years, humans have been sticking to high fat and high protein diets(from animals) and carbs were mainly limited to wild fruits and vegetables. But ever since we came up with agriculture, our diet has shifted and its made us fatter for sure...

I've got quite a bit of solid Cherokee, but I'm overwhelmingly English (going back to the Normans/Danes) on every single line we've been able to trace.

I tolerate carbs in moderate amounts paired well with sufficient protein+fat. Don't do well on less than 100g/day. I do starches/root veggies better than sugary fruit. Roasted meats + potatoes are my frands.

Carbs don't keep me from losing weight if I need to, though, unless my consumption in seriously excessive (300+). And I don't lose muscle easily either. I'm a meso-endomorph. I regulate my carb consumption to manage my mild PCOS and functionally low blood sugar.

Parents came over. Mother German/Polish father German/Czech. Father could processes carbs better than mother. Mother sister eating disordered and all three alcoholics. I'm down to 1/4 of previous consumption with paleo diet and lost 55 pounds feel great. Mothers family farmers close to polish border maybe potato carb allergy there?

Caucasian British with some Jewish back a few generations.

I am diagnosed gluten intolerant but never even imagined I might have secondary grain intolerances until I went paleo, cut them all out and felt a bazillion times better.

I'm horrifically sensitive to sugar, and crave it at certain times of the month (ahem).

I'd say I average around 70-100g carbs per day, or at least I was before I started drinking water kefir daily--I'm suspicious of the overall sugars content in that, TBH.

That said, I don't do very well on a low carb diet at ALL. I need to make sure I eat plenty of vegetables every single day and some fruit most days, or I'd be screwed.

1/4 Finnish, 1/4 Swedish, 1/4 French-English, 1/4 English

I don't tolerate carbs well at all - I get a near-hypoglycemic response to eating processed sugar and baked goods. In fact, besides vegetable oils, those are the only things I immediately know I've eaten if they somehow sneak in. They also encourage weight gain, even clean carbs do to an extent. I maintain a slight set of love handles with even moderate carb, but low carb paleo let my abs come through for the first time ever at age 46, and I'm not what most people consider fat.

One would expect my heritage to make me lactose tolerant, which I am, but dairy can kick off my allergies and bloating (and gas) at the wrong time too. There's more than lactose tolerance to eating dairy, at least for me.

Anglo-saxon. I can't tolerate carbs at all at the moment - give me terrible bloating and diarrhoea. The more I eat the thinner I become - it's scary.

It's probably more to do with the state of my gut flora than my ethnicity though.

Scottish/Irish/English/German - Diagnosed Insulin Resistant,PCOS and ADD (no hyperactivity here). Carbs are absolutely an issue for me, and I feel best when I keep it around 30-40g per day. No fruits, no starchy veggies in my diet - I stick with greens, cruciferous veggies, meat, eggs and healthy fats. Little to no dairy.

Half Mexican, Half German descent. Can't handle carbs at all.

100% eastern Chinese, female

Did VLC at the beginning of around 30g carbs/day via Bulletproof Coffee protocol and gained a bit, but I'm not sure if that had to do with metabolic restoration/overall healing. Also made my lifting heavy days crappy as hell.

Right now I am operating a lot happier on 100g carbs/day on average. Recently, I've found my sweet spot for fewer cravings seem to be at around 150g, so I get that through mainly starches of rice and sweet potatoes (sometimes potatoes too). Fruits make me binge on more fruits and starches.

I'm Russian. Very sensitive to carbs, had a hard time loosing weight before going VLC to ZC . I'm feel amazing living without carbs, don't have any cravings. Eat mainly meat , veggies, eggs, some raw cream and local nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts).BTW I had no carb flu while switching to Paleo

I'm Iranian. I can tolerate a lot of "safe carbs" (no gluten, lecitins, or any of that junk) Before, carbs used to be a bottomless pit of hunger, and I was nearly obese. Very recently, after going paleo, I had two weeks of a starchy diet and for some reason I lost a good deal of weight. I think my metabolism changed

I am Cree with some Scottish, possible English thrown in the mix. I am from Northern Ontario. I am on my third day of eliminating all wheat from my diet. I just want to start from there and see how I feel. I carry the majority of my excess weight in my belly area. I had my daughter over a year ago and in fact I had gained weight after her birth, even while breastfeeding. So after some thought I decided to give up all wheat. I figure the Cree did not eat any wheat up until a couple of hundred years ago. There is rampant diabetes, cancer and heart disease in my family. Bannock is a mainstay in "traditional" Cree diet. In my family bannock is consumed every few days. Bannock was inherited from the fur traders who were in the area at the time. Anyway, I will continue to see how I feel and hopefully I will lose my wheat belly!

I am mostly Northern European (German, Irish, Swedish, Scottish, French, etc) with very faint (long ago) Native/First Nations and other additions. I am tall for a woman 5'11", and naturally more slender framed. I have gained weight only two points in my life where I have been overweight (but more than 40lbs over)- and ironically following more general advice didnt help, it made it worse. When I was healthy, naturally slender frame I ate high-carb, moderate protein diets. Cutting the carbs out, attempting to eat heavy from vegetable only and lean meats made things worse- I didnt lose any weight until I returned to my old high-carb eating habits. I also eat heavily from cheese/dairy category. This is why I believe that each person's diet is adapted to their ethnicity, DNA, cultural traditions, and should be taken into account. My sister is same build and cannot cut carbs or she remains overweight as well. Once carbs, dairy and fat are added back into our diets, we succeed in dropping pounds easily and quickly. I struggled on the low-carb, high veggie, less meat diet- plateaued at 35 lbs overweight despite exercise. Once I returned to more dairy, carb and meat mixed back in, I returned to a healthier weight. I think people shouldnt ignore their traditional foods at all, because eating things you arent adapted to very well can cause problems. I think its ok to try all kinds of foods, and its important to add variety in, but dont necessarily assume a diet like Mediterranean or Paleo will work for your body. Sometimes the way you have been eating isnt the problem, it can be mostly exercise and stress leading to your issues. My advise from my experience is, dont assume one culture's diet is "bad" and another's is "good". They're all just adaptations and have supported healthy people in those regions for a long time. Eat what seems to work for you, and think about your culture and which foods make sense for you. Dont try to hard to conform to a different body type's diet or different culture's foods, try those things in moderate or spare amounts.

Finn, English, Native Hawaiian Islander and tiny bits of Chinese and Portugese.

High activity + Low carb = Look skeletal, feel like dying. Low activity + Low carb = Terrible digestion, unstable mood. On low carb I experienced no hormone function, infertility and amenorrhea.

High activity + High carb = Curves, average size and joyful moods. Low activity + High carb = A little "fluffy," joyful moods. Regular hormone function.

I truly believe a healthy diet for MOST people is minimally processed, whole foods based approach with thoughtfully sourced meats and no added sugars.

caucasion, very low carb tolerance. at 27, the older i get the worse it is

100%, thoroughbred Italian. My parents came over to the States in the 50s/60s, so I'm first generation.

Definitely gluten intolerant, but not celiac - we would have found that out early, since bread was daily and pasta at least weekly.

My best place to be is high activity + high/moderate carb. Actually, high protein and high fat, too. High all around! In a paleo diet context, my "high carb" is 250g a day, with my average being 100-250g. I eat roots, tubers, and squashes like they are going out of style.

High activity and low carb causes me burnout within a few weeks. I still think it's effective for weight loss, but I probably wouldn't to it longer than 2 weeks, if ever again.

half Indian/ half English (British to you yanks)

Bad on low carb, get very hungry on high carb (worst with high sugars), moderate carb suits me best

Most of my Indian relatives are overweight (the older ones), my very old relatives who have been eating a traditional Indian diet the majority of their life (high carb, low animals) are doing bad health wise.

It is well known in the UK (probably elsewhere as well) that Indian/ Pakistani people who come over and start eating a western diet (high in sugar) get fat and dietetic (sorry for the lack of PC langauge)