Higher than 20g carbs if you’re doing heavy exercise?

[PaulL]

Timothy Olsen, Zach Bitter—the names are so similar I can’t keep them straight, lol!

Thanks for keeping the record straight. I’ll have to go back and re-listen to the Phinney lecture from which I learned about these guys.

[Alecmcq]

There’s another n=1 test for you Alec, see at what point your increase in carbs kicks you out of Ketosis. I did 84g of carbs the other day and didn’t flinch, Ketones reading next day were still 1.3 mmol/L

Alas, I don’t do ketone readings… I don’t see the point, and I am not sure they help much. For me, “being in ketosis” is irrelevant. Burning fat is what I want to do, and if I have eaten keto I know I am doing that! Hence ketone readings are just expensive fluff (IMHO).

[tdean]

No my reasoning behind that suggestion is to find out what your carb tolerance would be, you asked if going higher than 20g carbs was ok.

Seeing as 20g is just an arbitrary value, there’s no reason why you couldn’t go higher and still be in ketosis.