Carb Backloading

[Frostbite]

Just wondering if anyone on here has tried this kind of diet out. I tried it once when I first heard about it. The writers of the article said you would lose weight and have the possiblity of gaining muscle ( I did not believe it so I tried it ) I maintained a weight very steadily. No fat loss no muscle gain. If you tried it what kind of results did you see/get?

My main interest was that they compared the diet to native americans and how they used to eat. Since I am half native I figured it would work well for me with my genetics. Obviously it did nt work too well for me. I also don't ever recall hearing or seeing pics of any muscle bound native americans from that time period.( another reason I doubted its claims )

[Praetorian]

What is it? Explanation?
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[JonnyO]

I havent done a full carb backloading diet, but I have gone pretty low carbs throughout the day and added some in at night, such as my last meal and had no negative effects in staying lean and dropping. But I didnt do it every day, just once in a while as I felt I needed it.

Ive read about it and is pretty interesting.

[Frostbite]

Carb back loading you avoid carbs through out the day. Eating high protien and high fat foods. Kinda keto like diet. Than in the evening around 5:30 pm or later you work out before eating your supper. After the workout you eat anything and everything you want . High carbs and protein, even fat. ( carbs and fats at the same time seemed odd to me for a weight loss diet).

This was meant to imitate primitive cultures way of eating. During the day they ate small food left over from the previous day, or food they found along the way. Than at night after hunting all day they would feast.

To me it seemed like a cheat meal everyday. You could see why I was sceptical when I heard of it. And for me the diet did nt work out.

[TT Eric]

Yeah I heard about it, if it's what I think it is, one guy, not a bbers, was swearing about it, he explained me that the basics thought of it is that the body is always remembering the last meal, so it prepare the insulin for the next meal according to the last meal requirement, so if you keep it at bay most of the time (it act as a memory) the body will prepare little quantity of insulin for your next meal if the last didn't needed much, then BAM you can eat all you want but inside one hour, not more. In their logic at your next protein meal, your body will prepare a large dose of insulin, but since there is no carbs it has not a real effect.

Prae is better suited then me to answer, but personally I don't think it make sense, since when on keto, I eat only one meal with lots of carbs per week and if I take too much I can have a mild to huge insulin buzz. So for me, it prove that the body doesn't prepare the insulin according to the last meal, but on what you actually eat. But the guy who told me about the diet said he lost tons of weight, but I don't know what was his diet before this one, if he was eating 3 pig meals a day, I bet only eating one and replace the others by protein and fat meals will help.

Eric

[Praetorian]

Doesnt make much sense to me...and I dont recall which primitive cultures who would eat that way....and they definitely weren't athletes for sure. Eating a certain way to optimize hormone levels does make a lot of sense for athletes but i dont believe that is a very effective way of doing things. Plus spiking insulin that much each day cannot be a good thing...two day out of the week ie the Anabolic diet i can see but every day..not so much.People have to remember there are many types of diets and most will work to some degree because the person is now being diligent on what he/she is eating....as opposed to eating willy nilly. The problem comes in where we want to apply the diets principles to an athletic endeavor...that is a whole different ball game.
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[Sean Summers]

Didn't Palumbo talk about that on his Podcast? I wouldn't put much stock in it.

[Praetorian]

Yep he did...not very effective.
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