Are Carbohydrates Bad For You?
Are carbohydrates bad for you? Well, there is simply so much controversy over carbohydrates and different people / experts have somewhat different opinions about their effect on weight loss. The truth is not all carbs are bad for your health and weight and there are surely healthy carbohydrate choices you can make.
Apart from the good and bad discussion, one of the main reasons that a lot of people are having difficulties in losing unwanted weight is they take in a lot of carbs in the form of rice, bagels, muffins, cereals, juices, sodas, breads, candy bars and crackers, even if they are the wholewheat varieties. We don’t include potatoes in this group, because unless they are in the form of fries and chips they are pretty good in terms of nutrition.
It is quite hard to slim down if you eat or drink an excessive amount of these kinds of carbohydrates, even when you exercise very hard. Besides triggering variations in blood sugar and insulin that is linked directly to forming fat, consuming a lot of carbs increases your hunger and cravings.
Even carb options which many people consider as wholesome are merely unwanted excess calories which usually do not offer a great nutritional density: The breads and cereals boasting to be whole because of smart advertising when in reality the very first component you find in them is processed flour which will just make your blood glucose surge rapidly.
So here are some of our suggestions for carbohydrate consumption in your daily diet, if you are trying to lose weight and/or body fat:
- Lower carb consumption in the form of rice, pasta, cereals, crackers, muffins etc. and concentrate on consuming more of eggs and meat, natural dairy products, and lots of fruits and veggies.
- Instead of going for cereals as carbohydrates, try and get your carbohydrates from different kinds of veggies, legumes, sweet potatoes and a variety of whole fruits and berries and not fruit juices that remove beneficial fibers in whole fruits.
- If you still want to consume cereals, concentrate on the best grains that are dense in fibre content- germs and bran, meaning that the ideal parts come from oat bran rather than oatmeal, include rice bran and wheat germ (but paying attention to wheat gluten if you have allergies) in your yogurt, salads, soups, cottage cheese.. Which means you have all the most wholesome parts of the grain without all the excess calories.
- For ideal benefits with grains generally, try and adhere only to sprouted grain products if you must eat cereals. Seed germination gets rid of a number of the anti -nutrients in certain cereals as well as improving the digestion of these grains.
- If you are used to eating lots of bread, pasta, cereals, and other sources of carbs, try and fill that gap with wholesome fats like nuts, seeds, avocados, nut butters as well as healthy proteins such as meats and organic dairy products and eggs. Healthy fats and proteins satisfy mostly your hunger managing hormones, blood glucose levels and help you make big improvement in fat loss.
Sweet potatoes or yams are one of the best of fiber-rich carbohydrates with lots of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. Choose the orange sweet potato varieties rather than white. One of the problems with sweet potatoes is the time they may take to cook, between 1 and 1.5 hours. However, there is an easy way of cooking them fast- and without using a microwave.
The easiest and fastest way I’ve found to cook a sweet potato is to cut it into thin slices, put the slices in a pan with a lid, add a little bit of butter or coconut oil and about four tablespoons of water and let it simmer with a lid for about 5 minutes.
When the sweet potatoes are soft, add a little cinnamon and here you have a tasty and healthy meal of carbohydrate which can be eaten with meat. Add a simple salad and you have the perfect meal for a slim physique.
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