Do Carbohydrates Make You Fat?

Well, there is a great deal of misunderstanding and mis-information out there about carbohydrates।
सो इ सव थिस अर्तिक्ले व्रित्तें बी अ वेइघ्त लॉस एक्सपर्ट एंड इ देसिदेद तो reproduce आईटी हियर.
Thanks to Atkins, people have the mistaken idea that if they eat carbohydrates they will get fat। Here are some carbohydrate myths exploded, plus a few facts about Carbohydrates you might not know!




First of all it is important to know that there are two kinds of carbs, Simple and Complex. Another way of describing them are Starches or Sugars. The Starches are things like pasta, potatoes, bread etc. while the sugars are sweet consist of sugar (the sort you buy in packets, and find in sweets, chocolate, cakes etc) honey and fruit.
The difference is in the way they are absorbed by the body. Complex (or Starch) carbohydrates need to go through our system and be digested before they can be absorbed by the body and used as fuel. They therefore have a high 'satiety' value - in other words, they make us feel fuller for longer, and give us a nice slow energy release.
Simple (or Sugar) carbohydrates are the opposite - they take virtually no digestion and are taken up almost immediately by the body as fuel - thus, they give us an instant, short energy rush.
The problem with carbohydrates comes when people eat too much of the Simple kind. It is easy to eat too much Sugar carbohydrate, partly because the energy rush it gives us doesn't last long and so leaves us low in energy and needing another 'fix', and partly because the sweet taste leaves us craving more. When we eat high amounts of Simple carbohydrates our insulin has to work overtime to keep our blood-sugar levels even, and this can lead to diabetes. Sugar, and things high in sugar like sweets, biscuits, pop, cakes etc. also provides energy in a very concentrated form (sugar is 100% carbohydrate whereas potatoes, for example, are only 30% carbohydrate) so it is easy to consume a lot of calories in a relatively small amount of food, and of course this can lead to weight gain. Some scientists say that if sugar was discovered nowadays, it would be banned substance!
Complex carbohydrates on the other hand, tend to be big, bulky, and contain a lot of water and fibre (like potatoes and cooked pasta) so you would have to eat a lot before you consumed enough to cause weight-gain.
Why do we need carbohydrates? Well they are the bodies 'fuel'. Our central nervous system, brain, liver, kidneys and muscles (including the heart) cannot function without glucose, which is what carbohydrates become once they have been broken down by the body. People who do not eat enough carbohydrate (for example, people following the Atkins diet) can suffer hallucinations because the brain is not getting adequate fuel, and also liver and kidney damage.
If you starve yourself of carbohydrates then you will lose weight, but you do this by artificially creating a state called ketosis - a condition where the body cannibalises cell tissue to artificially produce glucose - the substance occurring naturally in carbohydrates.
Yes, if you follow Atkins you will lose some fat, but you will also lose a substantial amount of muscle tissue and risk harming your internal organs.
So how much should you eat? Well the World Health Organisation recommends that 60% of your entire diet should consist of carbohydrates. Of this 60% only 20% should be Simple carbohydrates (and this includes sugars found in fruit).
So...Carbohydrates। Yes, too much of the wrong kind can make you unhealthy and fat, but carbohydrates are an absolutely vital staple in our diets. Just try to stick to the Complex kind and cut down on that sugar!

Donna Watmough lives in Norfolk, UK. She is a highly qualified and experienced Nutritionist and Exercise Counseller, specialising in Weight Loss. She is also highly in demand as a Freelance Journalist and Motivational Speaker. She runs her highly successful business, Live...Diet & Fitness, along with her husband Bill, who is a Personal Trainer. Please visit her website at http://www.norfolk-nutrition-weight-loss.com/ - You can email her at donnakwt@aol.com
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