{"id":467,"date":"2026-07-18T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:06:15","slug":"the-truth-about-carbs-and-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/the-truth-about-carbs-and-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Carbs and Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jul26.2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-473\" width=\"615\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jul26.2.webp 867w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jul26.2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jul26.2-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jul26.2-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jul26.2-700x700.webp 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carbs get a bad rap sometimes, but they\u2019re my body\u2019s primary fuel source. I eat them strategically\u2014before workouts, I load up with complex carbs like oats or sweet potatoes to power through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carbs also help with recovery by refilling glycogen stores. I avoid simple sugars most of the time but never demonize carbs. Balance is the key. When I time carbs right, my energy stays steady, and performance improves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Paul Rivas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbs get a bad rap sometimes, but they\u2019re my body\u2019s primary fuel source. I eat them strategically\u2014before workouts, I load up with complex carbs like oats or sweet potatoes to power through. Carbs also help with recovery by refilling glycogen stores. I avoid simple sugars most of the time but never demonize carbs. Balance is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}