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The short summary: How do those of you who try and eat higher carb paleo manage to get enough carbs? What about rice? I'm thinking of adding it in after workouts for the carbs. Longer story: I was low carb Paleo to lose weight, and then just Paleo to maintain. When I just focus on eating a Paleo diet, my carbs normally range between 50 grams -100 grams. Now I am trying to gain muscle. Research seems to show that more carbs help build more muscle. So, I decided to experiment and have upped my carbs to 150-200 grams a day. Strength wise, I have noticed the difference, so I want to keep doing that. I eat more sweet potatoes and regular potatoes, and added quinoa and oatmeal to my diet. Then last week, I developed a cold sore that is not healing. Looking it up, I see that seeds (quinoa is a seed) and oatmeal can aggravate cold sores. So, I need to temporarily cut them out of my diet , and then add them back in smaller quantity. But now I am left with how to get a good amount of carbs. Sweet potatoes are kind of expensive, plus monotonous to eat three a day. I mean. I really like sweet potatoes, but not that many. Carbs from fruit aren't supposed to be as good fro muscle building. I'm thinking rice after my workout. Easy to digest, not any real nutritional value, but overall pretty good. I figured some of you would have figured this out.