Carbohydrates are your body's primary source of energy. Do not avoid them just because you can't walk down the street without seeing an ad for low-carb dietary products. After all, if popularity and quality went hand in hand, this world's consumerism culture would be unrecognizable.
The low-carb diet as a lifestyle is a sensational product with a target audience of desperate, stupid people -- usually undisciplined to boot. If you don't consume enough carbs, you'll burn protein for energy. But protein is an inferior energy source to carbohydrates and better suited to more 'protein' applications like workout recovery. Aim to take in enough carbs for energy but not so much that there's an unused portion.
And previous responses are right. You're cheating yourself out of optimal gains if you attempt to lose fat during a mass program.
Eat clean. Eat balanced. Eat a lot.
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