Are carbs at night a bad idea?

9 Minutes to Better Health with Dr Nick Fuller

There’s intense debate about what type of diet is most effective for weight loss — those with a focus on protein, those that emphasize carbohydrates, or those that focus on fat – and its been going on for decades.

But what we’re particularly interested in today’s podcast is carbs. For decades we’ve been told to stay away from them. Originating in the 1970s with the evolution of the Atkins Diet, this has since morphed into our well-known diets, for example, Paleo and Keto, which advocate the cutting of carbs.

BUT are carbs bad for your waistline and health? Will they hinder your weight loss journey? And should you be cutting them from the evening meal?

Join Dr Nick as he takes you on a deep dive into the science to answer all these questions.

Relevant studies and resources can be found here:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0804748

https://www.nature.com/articles/0800867

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa022207

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Dr Nick Fuller is a Leading Obesity Expert at the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and the founder of the IWL program: https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/nick-fuller

He holds the following qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Obesity Treatment - The University of Sydney

Bachelors Degree, Human Movement & Sports Science - University of Technology, Sydney

Masters Degree, Nutrition & Dietetics - The University of Sydney