Carb cycling: Benefits and what you need to know

Carb cycling has to do with a structured number of days where you have high-carbs days, moderate and low carb days (Shutterstock)

Contrary to what it sounds like, carb cycling has nothing to do with eating potatoes while riding a bike.

Think of it along the lines of calorie cycling where you alternate eating less calories on certain days then increasing the calories on others.