Or former students, or any carb expert idc. How many carbs is needed to avoid brain fog and low motivation?Because I’m building a 1500 calorie plan to cut on fat (5’11 23yr, 165ish I think) and hypothetical carb amount would be 54g but chatgpt said that’s low and that ideal cognitive focus range on a cut is 60-100 gcarbs.
>>76834096anywhere between 1 gram and a 1000 or so depending on your activity level, metabolic needs, body weight and a million other variables.Fucking nitwit,
>>76834096~30g per day for brain shit~2.5g per compound set done in the gym~75g to cover 300kcal of activity (sedentary)Most cardio (not walking) just translates directly to carbs easily just /4 to get gramsPersonally I usually don't eat more than 40g on a cut. You either want to be in or out of ketosis it's the transition from one to the other that messes with your head the most.
>>76834096i did intermittent fasting, not because i wanted to lose fat or maintain, but to sharpen my focus. fasted focus was unmatched for me and coffee only boosted it. i also drank a shit ton of water through the day. i had to sacrifice my size and gains, but it was worth it and i ran through premed biochem with a breeze. it was only during my senior year, i tried to smart the game and only chose courses that provided recorded lectures (sometimes the recording failed and i shit my pants). i remember a TA in an advanced inorganic physical chem requesting for my ID for an exam because he never saw me in the classroom, haha.
>>76834096When I’m consuming less than 50g carbs per day, my bullet Elo on lichess.org jumps up by 200 points. I’m also funnier in social situations and I write better.
>>76834096top american college is basically east asian guys fucking white girlsnot kidding, go touch grass
>>76834096I reckon it depends how much thinking you do. If I'm on a big thinking day, I'll definitely have to eat more, perhaps a biscuit or choccy bar to keep the 'ole brainpan frying. I remember I used to do chess tournaments as a kid and those things made me ravenous.
>>76834096You need like 150g of protein for muscles. Like 75g of fat for hormones.The rest should go into carbs.