Carbohydrate tolerance is a gray area.
The amount of carbohydrates that works for one person’s metabolism doesn’t always serve another’s.
Yet they are overweight or have surges of fatigue, foggy-headedness, or cravings.
Sometimes they dont carry any extra pounds but have worryingly high levels of blood sugar.
Why this happens is a topic of robust debate in nutritional circles.
Taking your blood sugar seriously is nothing to sneeze at.
When carb intolerance is at play, your body is telling you to get stricter with your intake.
There is another, more accurate way to learn your personal carb set point.
Use a glucose monitor to measure the impact of a range of carbohydrate-rich foods on your blood sugar.
So are you carbohydrate intolerant?
Start by answering these questions.
After day 14, revisit questions 2, 5, 6, and 8.
If you have experienced a marked change in your symptoms, you may have discovered your own carbohydrate intolerance.
So I’m carb intolerant: Now what?
Theres nothing a doctor can give you that is more valuable than this personal awareness.
Thats too high: Stay under 150 grams a day maximum, and preferably under 100 grams.
Learn more from Dr. Lipman by hearing what he had to say onthe mbg podcast!
If its an anti-inflammatory diet, hell do that.
Hes looking at the body as a system rather than looking at isolated things.
In addition to his practice, he is also an instructor in mbg’sFunctional Nutrition Program.
