How to increase carb intake during refeed days?


Cathy

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Help....Today and tomorrow are my refeed days. Any suggestions on upping my carb intake while still eating clean? I had a sweet potato for lunch with my eggs and chicken today. Planning on going to buy some plantains for dinner. Any other suggestions????? I come from a keto/carnivore background and I am wheat free, thanks
 

Felicia Jacobs

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I adore quinoa. Cook it in chicken broth with a couple of halved cloves of garlic. Heavenly. (Don't forget to rinse it well first, or it can be bitter.) I've made brown rice risotto for a refeed before. You can make it in the microwave, or an Instant Pot if you have one, if you don't feel like doing all that stirring. If you've got a Trader Joe's handy, their brown rice and quinoa pasta is very, very good, excellent texture if not overcooked, and organic to boot. With a good marinara and fresh Parmesan, and a pile of shrimp for protein, it wouldn't break my heart any to be presented with that for lunch or dinner. What about starchy vegetables like winter squash, carrots, peas? I love acorn squash baked with real maple syrup and warm spices in the cavity. Maybe either oatmeal (steel cut is the bomb) or a potato and veggie hash with some turkey bacon and a real egg for breakfast tomorrow.

I've read that fructose should be kept low on refeeds because it feeds liver glycogen, not muscle, so I wouldn't eat too much fruit. Maybe a little as a treat.
 

Cathy

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I adore quinoa. Cook it in chicken broth with a couple of halved cloves of garlic. Heavenly. (Don't forget to rinse it well first, or it can be bitter.) I've made brown rice risotto for a refeed before. You can make it in the microwave, or an Instant Pot if you have one, if you don't feel like doing all that stirring. If you've got a Trader Joe's handy, their brown rice and quinoa pasta is very, very good, excellent texture if not overcooked, and organic to boot. With a good marinara and fresh Parmesan, and a pile of shrimp for protein, it wouldn't break my heart any to be presented with that for lunch or dinner. What about starchy vegetables like winter squash, carrots, peas? I love acorn squash baked with real maple syrup and warm spices in the cavity. Maybe either oatmeal (steel cut is the bomb) or a potato and veggie hash with some turkey bacon and a real egg for breakfast tomorrow.

I've read that fructose should be kept low on refeeds because it feeds liver glycogen, not muscle, so I wouldn't eat too much fruit. Maybe a little as a treat.
Thanks. I did buy quinoa at the store this morning. Thanks for the tips, I have never had it. I also bought steel cut oats to make for tomorrow. I ran to the store a bit ago and bought plantains. My husband is Dominican so we are having tostones with our grilled pork for dinner. I also saw that yucca is really high in carbs. I’m used to having only 5-20 carbs per day so this is so out of my comfort zone but I listened to Elizabeth Swartz and the importance of refeeding days. Thanks for your help.
 

Petetheman

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i don't eat fruit on carb up days. enjoy cereal...but there's pasta, quinoa, hulled barley, sweet potato, I supposed even oats
 

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