Since the new year has come around and everyone is jumping on their health kick, I’m hearing a lot of people are going on a no carb diet in a desperate attempt to lose weight and get in shape.

The above picture is a recent editorial i shot for Rollacoaster magazine. Notice that my body fat is fairly low at about 8%. Many people assume that i eat 0 carbs to get my body fat this low, so everyones pretty surprised when i tell them i eat a high amount every day. 0 carb diets are not healthy, you can achieve great results whilst eating carbs, just make sure they are the right kind of carbs.

What carbs should i eat?

You don’t need to cut out carbs all together, all you need to do is swap the bad carbs for the good. An example of this would be swapping white rice for brown rice, or swapping white bread for wholemeal bread. The Hovis wholemeal bread i eat contains roughly 14g of carbs per slice whilst the white bread contains around 25g of carbs per slice. Little changes to your diet like this will massively help you achieve your weight loss goals. Another carb that i consider to be a “super carb” is SWEET POTATO. Sweet potato does not only taste great but its full of nutrition and gives me a great energy boost if i include them into a pre workout meal.

Energy

If your getting serious about training your going to need plenty of energy to get in a good workout and eating 0 carbs will result in tiredness/half hearted efforts in the gym. A well balanced diet mixed in with some high intensity cardio and resistance training will be much more effective than just starving yourself of carbohydrates altogether.