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According to people who are most enthusiastic about this method (often very fit-looking folks), it’s the perfect diet. They say carb cycling can help you:
But are these claims true? And even if so, will they hold true for YOU?
This article is going to help you decide if you should give carb cycling a try, or if instead, you might get better results with other strategies first.
(Strategies that might be more effective—for you personally—and require a lot less effort.)
Before we get started, though, let’s get one thing out of the way: Here at Precision Nutrition, we’re neither pro-carb cycling nor anti-carb cycling.
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