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Bodybuilders eat plenty of carbs.

Not sure why this is being downvoted, bodybuilders do eat carbs - they just time them appropriately. If you're about to work out, carbohydrates will help you get through it. On the other hand, if you're going to be sedentary for a while, or you're really trying to prioritize fat loss, you probably wouldn't eat as many carbs.

Of course, Keto is a thing, but I haven't heard many stories of bodybuilders that actually target the keto-state. It's about getting the right amount of carbohydrates (hint: not as much as most people eat).

If by "time them appropriately" you mean "constantly all day long", then yeah.

Unless they're prepping for a contest, which is not what they spend the majority of their time doing.

Yeah brown rice is fairly popular. Chicken breast + broc + brown rice... for every meal. Oh and oatmeal.

No they don't. A bodybuilding diet is mostly protein, then certain fats, then starchy carbs at the right time (breakfast and post-workout).

> A bodybuilding diet is mostly protein

Bodybuilders typically consume about ~30% protein. Where did you get the idea that it is mostly protein? Not to say that there aren't outliers obviously.

Umm, no. If you're eating 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight (which is on the high end) and you weigh 200 pounds, that's about 1200 calories from protein, out of diet that's likely 3000 - 3500 calories. A common recommendation I see is for about 20-25% to come from fat, and the remaining from carbs, preferably complex carbs.

https://renaissanceperiodization.com/case-high-carb-massing

Just about every bodybuilder slams carbs, all day long.

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