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3 Reasons Carbs Make You Fat
October 14, 2008
Hey,
I hope you had a great Thanks Giving Weekend. The weather
was great, and the food and drink probably flowed pretty
good.
In light of all the eating that went on this past weekend,
I'm gonna answer some of the key questions about CARBS, and
hopefully arm you with a better understanding of how it all
adds up.
-Can carbohydrates make you fat?
-Are carbohydrates essential for fueling the body and
having it run efficiently?
-Do I need to watch my intake of carbohydrates to prevent
fat storage?
The answer to all 3 questions is Yes!
So what does all this mean? Am I not to eat carbs or am I
supposed to eat carbs? How many carbs should I eat? What
types? The entire carbohydrate craze has gone from one
extreme to the other and back again. It's no wonder you may
be confused, frustrated, mad or all of the above.
There is a a lot of information flying around and much of
it is bull$hit. Here are the facts about carbs and how you
should use this information.
1. Your body can store all carbs as fat when the muscles
and the liver are already full of glycogen. So if you
continuously eat a high carbohydrate diet this can lead to
increased fat storage. Also, you can store more of your
carb calories as fat when you eat too many processed and
refined carbs. The key is to consume moderate carbs and
choose carbs that have at least 2gms of fiber per serving.
This will help control insulin spikes, which leads us to
number 2.
2. Eating too many carbs at one sitting without enough
other nutrients to counteract its effect will cause insulin
spikes, which then triggers your body's fat storing
mechanisms. This is why I suggest you eat whole grain
carbs, vegetables and fruits with skin when possible
because they will provide good sources of fiber to help
control these insulin spikes. Also, make sure you balance
your carb intake with lean protein to further counteract
the effects of carbs in the body in regards to elevating
your insulin levels.
3. Through a process known as de novo lipogenesis (yeah, I
have a hard time pronouncing that one too) your body can
directly increase fat storage by converting carbohydrates
to fat. So I will reiterate why you need to eat carbs. Eat
whole grain, high fiber carbs as well as lean protein to
control blood sugar rise, which then controls insulin
spikes and helps prevent you from storing carb calories as
fat.
So now that I've given you the facts about carbs should you
be eating them or not. To summarize you do need carbs. Your
body does need carbs to function properly and maintain
optimal efficiency. The body doesn't need as many carbs as
we feed it though. It also doesn't need the refined flours
and process carbs we have become accustomed to eating. As
we have gotten lazier and our lives have become busier we
tend to lean towards convenient foods and they are usually
not the best choice for a lean and healthy physique.
We have consumed too much of those foods and then blamed it
all on carbs as to why we are fat. Carbs are not the main
culprit. They do play a part as I describe above as to how
they can make you fat. I also mention how to eat carbs so
that they don't make you fat.
Check out the Carb rotation diet link on our main page for
more info on how to apply this knowledge.
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Don't forget to tell your old aunt suzie about our NEW +50
FIT CLASS. It's in Arnprior on Tueday and Thurday mornings
@ 9 am.
See you in the gym
Paulv
PS I've been using a Carb Rotation Diet for the last 3
weeks and have dropped some serious fat. I'll post some
before and after pics on our website soon.
And damnit if you like my newsletter, tell somebody about
it!
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