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Low carb doesn't mean no carb. If you limit meals to 5-10 grams of carbs or less, most low carbers would be happy. [1]

One of the more extreme low carb diets, the Atkins Induction Phase, allowed up to 20 grams per day. Other diets such as keto or The Zone allow 50-100 grams.

[1] http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/how-many-carbohyd...

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True, but it still limits the food variety a lot. Since my recipe database isn't huge to begin with, the meals start looking stale much sooner. I'm working on expanding the recipe database a lot, so hopefully it won't be a big problem for too much longer.

Actually, its well known that low-carb diets have limited food choices. For instance, in Tim Ferriss' Four-Hour Body book, he goes so far as to suggest you eat the same 3 meals every day. It actually makes it easier if you just repeat the same meals over and over and over.

But of course, "the same meal over and over" is counter to the purpose of your web site, which is to suggest new meals. Great job, and I wish you success!

I can't speak for others, but try to keep my net carbs around 100g/day ... Would maybe want an option to set your daily limits (probably 100/day as a default)

That already seems to be there. I see a "target micronutrients" setting, which lets me set the min / max of carbs / fats / proteins for each day.

Perhaps you can rely on some crowdsourcing for that?

That's a bit of a misnomer: diets like Keto don't "allow" set amounts of carbs, they require you to find your own carb limit to stay in ketosis.

If you constantly blow out of ketosis, you'll literally accomplish nothing with the diet.

Hence why keto-stix and other indicators are important- no one value works for everyone.

I had to eat less than 25g/day to maintain the keto diet.

> If you constantly blow out of ketosis, you'll literally accomplish nothing with the diet.

Unless you also achieve a caloric deficit.

edit: opposite words day

I think we're in agreement. Every person is slightly different in how they react to carbs, including how bad your insulin resistance has gotten and quickly your insulin reacts to blood sugar. We all know its about stopping insulin from being released ultimately.

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