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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that carbohydrates make up 45% to 65% of total daily calories.

How Many Carbohydrates Should You Consume?

You can use this Carbohydrates Calculator to determine the optimum carbohydrates consumption to accomplish your goals!

Personal Carbohydrates Calculator
Your lifestyle or training goal:   
Your body weight (in Pounds): lbs.  
  
Your optimum daily carbohydrate range
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It's healthiest to divide your carbohydrate consumption into 5 or 6 meals evenly spaced throughout the day with the total amount being in the range given by the carbs calculator. For more info, check out our carbohydrates and weight gainers pages.

A good way to efficiently raise your carb intake is by drinking energy drinks or eating energy bars. Check out our full listing of Energy Bars for great results..

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Here's the actual breakdown of recommended grams of carbs per lb. of bodyweight for each training goal.
(The Personal Carbohydrates Calculator uses the same numbers.)
Lifestyle/Training Goal Daily Carbohydrate Needs Lifestyle/Training Goal Daily Carbohydrate Needs
Bodybuilding 1.0 - 3.0g/lb bodyweight Endurance 2.0 - 4.5g/lb bodyweight
Power & Speed 2.0 - 3.0g/lb bodyweight Endurance(Carb Loading) 4.5 - 6.9g/lb bodyweight
Dieting 0.55 - 1.3g/lb bodyweight Average Individual 1.0 - 2.0g/lb bodyweight

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