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Does the amount of carbohydrates intake impact focus/concentration?

• ivanche 5y ago
  For me it noticeably did. Less carbs => better focus. Of course, anecdata, YMMV etc.
• theshrike79 5y ago
  Carbs give you a sugar rush and then everything in the body goes into processing them, slowing everything else down. You can easily test it, eat something like a subway sandwich. Record how you feel. Now take the exact same sub, but as a salad (no bun). You'll feel markedly different. This all, of course, depends on a ton of individual factors like insulin resistance etc.
  • AnonC 5y ago
    Your example seems to be about refined and simple carbs. Those do spike blood sugar. But a better diet would include more of complex carbs where the blood sugar doesn’t spike as badly as with a diet on processed and refined (fiber-less or low fiber) foods.