Carbs: to many, it's a "bad" word. There are BAD carbs, of course....the white, bready, sugary carbs that we KNOW are a no-no. However, fruits and vegetables are carbs as well and since fruits and vegetables are the only known way to fight cancer and get antioxidants, we need to get over our fear of "carbs". Take note...most vegetables average 20 calories per serving, while fruits average 60 per serving (fruits have sugar). Fruits and veg also contain fiber. Just adding 14 grams of fiber per day reduces caloric intake.
What you DO need to know is how the body works in order to use what we feed it as fuel. Ideally, we should eat 6 times a day....3 meals, 3 snacks. If we skip a meal or go too long without food, our body will try to "save" us and go into fat storing mode i.e. slowing down metabolism. The snack should be something quite small like a handful of almonds (about 25 grams) or 1/3 of a food bar (a whole bar is too many calories). The idea is merely to trick the body from going into fat storing.
Once your body is done digesting the food and has used it as fuel, alllllll extra carbs will be stored as fat.....even if it's fruits and/or veg. This is why there are so many overweight vegetarians or vegans. They think that eating beans and rice and pasta is soooooo healthy. In reality, it is anything but healthy, especially eating it later in the day. Ideally, we should taper down from carbs later in the day. Proteins will help restore our muscles while we sleep, so if you are having a dinner of chicken or meat, then have a very small portion of veg (about 70 grams). Don't eat anything 2 hours before you go to sleep. ANYTHING you eat will get stored as fat.
As far as desserts or "bad" carbs go, as you can deduce from reading the words above, they serve NO nutritional value and will ALL get stored as fat. This is why breakfast "bars" and cereals are such a bad choice for you as breakfast. After we wake up, the last thing we need as fuel is a ton of bad carbs. Rehydrate the organs with water upon waking up, then have a couple of eggs with tomato, or maybe fruit and good turkey bacon.....even avocado...just make a smart choice, not a processed one.
Lastly, if you eat and drink sugary items, you will crave them. This is why restaurants offer us free refills. If we are eating something salty or spicy, we drown it with a sugary soda and the vicious cycle begins. It takes about 4 days to detox from sugar. Try it.
I eat a Paleo-based diet (about 80/20). It changed my life in 2009 and if you need to know more about it, feel free to comment below or inbox me.
What you DO need to know is how the body works in order to use what we feed it as fuel. Ideally, we should eat 6 times a day....3 meals, 3 snacks. If we skip a meal or go too long without food, our body will try to "save" us and go into fat storing mode i.e. slowing down metabolism. The snack should be something quite small like a handful of almonds (about 25 grams) or 1/3 of a food bar (a whole bar is too many calories). The idea is merely to trick the body from going into fat storing.
Once your body is done digesting the food and has used it as fuel, alllllll extra carbs will be stored as fat.....even if it's fruits and/or veg. This is why there are so many overweight vegetarians or vegans. They think that eating beans and rice and pasta is soooooo healthy. In reality, it is anything but healthy, especially eating it later in the day. Ideally, we should taper down from carbs later in the day. Proteins will help restore our muscles while we sleep, so if you are having a dinner of chicken or meat, then have a very small portion of veg (about 70 grams). Don't eat anything 2 hours before you go to sleep. ANYTHING you eat will get stored as fat.
As far as desserts or "bad" carbs go, as you can deduce from reading the words above, they serve NO nutritional value and will ALL get stored as fat. This is why breakfast "bars" and cereals are such a bad choice for you as breakfast. After we wake up, the last thing we need as fuel is a ton of bad carbs. Rehydrate the organs with water upon waking up, then have a couple of eggs with tomato, or maybe fruit and good turkey bacon.....even avocado...just make a smart choice, not a processed one.
Lastly, if you eat and drink sugary items, you will crave them. This is why restaurants offer us free refills. If we are eating something salty or spicy, we drown it with a sugary soda and the vicious cycle begins. It takes about 4 days to detox from sugar. Try it.
I eat a Paleo-based diet (about 80/20). It changed my life in 2009 and if you need to know more about it, feel free to comment below or inbox me.
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