Carbohydrates Are Fattening
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We all know at least one person who swears off carbohydrates. While a carbohydrate restricted diet is necessary for individuals with certain conditions, it's not recommended for everyone. Furthermore, any food course that is not utilized for energy will turn into fat, whether it's protein, fat or carbohydrate. In 2002, researchers analyzed the diets of over 10,000 Americans by categorizing them by their carbohydrate intake. They found that those who had the highest intake of carbohydrates had the lowest overall intake of calories and were more likely to be at a normal weight. Furthermore, an article published in 2010 found that those adults who consumed at least three servings per day of whole grains consumed significantly less added sugars, saturated fat, and cholesterol and had an overall better diet quality.
It's clearly demonstrated that complex carbohydrates are beneficial to our health and body weight. Instead of giving them up completely, choose complex carbs over simple carbs. They are digested slower and will keep you fuller longer, thus helping you to eat less throughout the day. Examples of complex carbohydrates include legumes, starchy vegetables and whole-grain breads and cereals. |
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Weight management is a simple matter of calories-in, calories out.
Dietary fat and cholesterol cause high blood cholesterol levels
Dietary fat clogs your arteries (that really boggles my mind)
Dietary fiber cleans out your arteries (like scrubbing bubbles?)
High cholesterol causes heart disease.
You cannot live without carbohydrates.
Eating fat makes you fat.
About 1/3 of the population is relatively insulin resistant. For them, excessive carbohydrate--even fruit and whole grains--can trigger a cascade of hormonal reactions that lead to continued craving for carbohydrates and excessive weight gain.
What is interesting to me is that many health professionals have a hard time recognizing the phenomena. I suspect that they are insulin sensitive themselves. Is their own experience part of the bias?
As a fellow RD I recognize that there is an entire range of insulin resistance in the population and any one person can experience a many-fold difference in relative insulin sensitivity depending on lifestyle and other factors. I would like to see a more thoughtful discussion about these issues.
This makes no sense given what you said about there being no relation between when you eat and weight. A CALORIE IS A CALORIE. It is not harder to burn off no matter when you eat it. You're burning calories from hours and days before sometimes depending on how quickly your body digests what you ate.
Gene Hammett
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kidding, kind of...
Facepalm.
We KNOW the idea is to swear off simple carbs and continue eating complex carbs. “Swearing off carbs” is just an easier way to say it.
In the following myth she points out that, “[researchers] found that the time interval between eating and going to bed was not associated with risk of obesity.”
If you eat late and go to bed without utilizing the energy, what happens? Go back to your first myth and we see this: “Furthermore, any food course that is not utilized for energy will turn into fat, whether it's protein, fat or carbohydrate.”
“Thus, weight gain may be small, but more often than not, it is permanent.”
But earlier you say the weight gain is less than 1 pound! The message here is “go ahead and splurge!”
“Most frozen fruits and vegetables are frozen at peak ripeness so it all depends on when you are purchasing and what local farming season you are in.”
This information is useful.
“In 2006, a group of researchers tested the "five second rule" -- the idea that it is safe to eat food off the floor if you pick it up within five seconds.”
For crying out loud: the “five second rule” is a JOKE!!! People came up with it as an amusing excuse for wanting to eat food that they KNOW has been soiled.
Slim people die too, and I bet a lot of them are going to be shocked when they find that out that they are sick with something they have been brainwashed to believe only happen to fat people, like cancer, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, etc.
For example people who shun off carbs won't produce high levels of seretonin which effects moods and general well being.
Here is an article from MIT elaborating further on that. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/carbs.html
So while people can and do initially lost weight eating something like 50 carbs a day they are probably miserable and cranky to be around.
Also one things I have noticed is that people who consume very little carbs and a lot of fat and protein have very little endurance/stamina usually not being able to run further than about 6-7 miles.
"While weight is one factor of health, it is not the end all be all. There are plenty of people who would be considered "healthy" because they are slim."
Slim people die too, and I bet a lot of them are going to be shocked when they find that out that they are sick with something they have been brainwashed to believe only happen to fat people, like cancer, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, etc.