RBS FITNESS TIP #6:
Updated: Oct 19
"Eat carbs every single day for the rest of your life"
Yes you read that right. It's sad that the statement I provided you would usually be deemed a misnomer this day and age. The reality is there isn't a valid study to support the superiority of LCD (Low Carb Diet) or VLCD (Very Low Carb Diet) on metabolic rate, hunger/appetite, or weight and fat loss. Especially when compared to the overwhelming amount of evidence to disprove the whole notion. And the National Weight Loss Registry continually shows that the bulk of successful weight loss individuals did in fact use moderate to high carbohydrate approaches. 1
People are very poor at citing macronutrient and calorie intakes historically and in research, which makes it a little harder to prove this unpopular notion, but if people abandoned most processed unhealthy foods and adopted quality carbs and sugars results would be exponentially better according to The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
I mean does anyone just ever sit back and wonder why it takes weeks to get into true ketosis, and why several cells crave glucose derived from carbs and sugar? Your body literally fights against you when you deplete it and sets you up to eat even more (i.e. glycogen super compensation) very quickly, hence why carbohydrate loading is so powerful and effective for those who compete in endurance sports.
I know many don't need to carbohydrate load, but the fact that it occurs just points to how fundamental healthy carbohydrates are to the human body. Not to mention literally everyone circles back around to eating carbs anyways at some point, and most state their disapproval, but are discretely stuffing their face with them behind the scenes. It's pretty laughable at this point it's still even a discussion, or there is any confusion on the subject.
They simply are not the problem and never have been. The one arguable exception here could be healthy whole grains and their effect on blood sugar levels according to a large body of research. But you still have several alternatives here to get the job done and lower Glycemic Index scores, raise fiber content, and lower blood sugar responses when it comes to healthy unrefined whole grains. See the short list below:
Quinoa
Brown, Black, and Red Rice
Amaranth
Buckwheat (including Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat, which is noted for supporting natural GLP-1 hormone and glucose control)
Teff
6. Farro and Barley (acceptable for those who are not gluten-sensitive) 2
Too much of anything can become an issue. There are an abundance of healthy carbs to keep you content and satisfied. The real problem is that you might be eating too much (Law of Energy), and or exercising too little, and not incorporating the right training methods to further support nutritional adherence and make real motivating progress. 3
SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES:
#3-The influence of 15-week exercise training on dietary patterns among young
adults. Int J Obes (Lond). 18 Jan 2019.
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