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Azure · 10-02-2013, 10:58 AM

Your original diet actually looks very good. Maybe add some more brown rice, oatmeal, and actual whole wheat bread. Brown rice is especially nutritious.

IMO, carb intake should be dictated by your activity level. Someone that is very active, plays sports, works out, etc, etc needs more carbs than someone who sits at a desk all day and works out in the evening for 45 min, 3-5x per week.

As for actually needing carbs because of all their supposed benefits, you can easily get all your 'needed' vitamins/minerals with 100g of carbs per day. The blanket idea that you should get 65% of your calories from 'carbs' is a bunch of horse crap and has been for a long time.

Paleo has been taken out of context, IMO. Sticking to 'natural' food sources is great and all, but there are a lot of holes in the way they go about it. That being said, I personally see nothing wrong with your original diet. In fact it looks damn good. If you are lacking energy, add some healthy carbs like brown rice and oatmeal.

EDIT: Sweet potatoes are an amazing source of healthy carbs as well.

10-02-2013, 10:58 AM	#9
Azure Had an idea! Join Date: Oct 2005 Exp:	Your original diet actually looks very good. Maybe add some more brown rice, oatmeal, and actual whole wheat bread. Brown rice is especially nutritious. IMO, carb intake should be dictated by your activity level. Someone that is very active, plays sports, works out, etc, etc needs more carbs than someone who sits at a desk all day and works out in the evening for 45 min, 3-5x per week. As for actually needing carbs because of all their supposed benefits, you can easily get all your 'needed' vitamins/minerals with 100g of carbs per day. The blanket idea that you should get 65% of your calories from 'carbs' is a bunch of horse crap and has been for a long time. Paleo has been taken out of context, IMO. Sticking to 'natural' food sources is great and all, but there are a lot of holes in the way they go about it. That being said, I personally see nothing wrong with your original diet. In fact it looks damn good. If you are lacking energy, add some healthy carbs like brown rice and oatmeal. EDIT: Sweet potatoes are an amazing source of healthy carbs as well. Last edited by Azure; 10-02-2013 at 11:38 AM.