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[grlaun]

i guess that works for some people in standard weight lifting or low intensity aerobic training, but I don't have any idea how that applies to high intensity training that combines both aerobic and anaerobic systems?  One NEEDS the proper carbs to energize one's self and maintain the work rate.

 I'd suppose quality carbs would be good and used properly would benefit.  The problem with low carb "diets" or any diet for that matter is that eating must be a lifestyle - not some temporary method.  Eat good and you're fine.  Try to stay away from too many processed foods, eat protein, veggies, fruits, dairy, grains and other carbs consummate to how you train and you're good.

[sarguy]

I always liked Michael Pollan's diet: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

There ya go.

FWIW, everyone freaking out about "low-carb" being evil or ultimately unhealthy often fails to note that the long-term maintenance sections of those diets are not unlike the long term maintenance eating plans in other diets. Ultimately it's a combo of exercise and the ousting of pure, utter crap like TONS of empty carbs, high-fructose corn syrup, and hydrogenated fats that will keep a person thin, and overall that person will be for the better, regardless of how they came to that endpoint.

Personally, I'm a paleo-type diet fan myself. Counting carbs and calories aside, there is no way a person a few thousand years ago could have ingested the amount of carbohydrates present in processed foods nowadays without expending an equally impressive amount of calories to obtain the food. Even beer was much higher in caloric and nutritive value back in its early days. We just weren't made to handle so much everything in mass quantities.