Our favorite nutrition myth: Carbohydrates and fats are the enemy!

 

Carbohydrates are bad for you!

 

In the '80s, fat was the enemy, but now the media has found a new scapegoat: carbohydrates. Spreading scaremongering messages about the devastating effects of carbohydrates seems to have become a new sport.

In fact, the glycemic index and insulin index seem to classify foods based on how harmful they are. Just like cholesterol, insulin doesn't have a good reputation.

Our body needs and produces both substances. Cholesterol plays an important role in the production of many vital hormones, and insulin is required to store glucose (your blood sugar) or use it as an energy source.

Previously, researchers assumed that carbohydrates caused a type of insulin resistance. This can be the case with diabetics and with pre-existing insulin resistance and the simultaneous intake of far too many carbohydrates, but it certainly does not apply to healthy people who eat a healthy diet.

 

 

It's true that today's eating habits mostly involve too much carbohydrate intake, but (as always!!) it's all a question of quantity. Carbohydrates are usually very tasty and quick to prepare, but contain few nutrients and don't keep you full for long enough.

 
Eliminating carbohydrates (especially refined carbohydrates) can help reduce body fat while eating less. But if this renunciation leads to a bad mood and constant hunger, it's better to look for another way. If you want to lose weight, you shouldn't replace fat with carbohydrates or vice versa, but rather make sure that you stay in a calorie deficit most of the time.

the fact is: Carbohydrates have been demonized for long enough. As long as you don't overdo it, they don't cause much damage.

 

Fats are bad for you!

 

If you eat fat, you get fat, right? For many decades, the ultimate way to lose weight was to cut down on fatty foods. Luckily, there was a growing body of research disproving this. Today we know that foods containing cholesterol do not raise cholesterol levels and that eating fat does not make you fat.

Especially since it is not healthy to completely eliminate fat from your diet, it can even be dangerous since the body needs at least a small amount of omega-3 and omega-6 fats.

And to dispel another rumor: saturated fats do not cause heart disease. Unsaturated fatty acids, on the other hand, can be harmful to your health - a small amount won't kill anyone, but you should avoid them if possible.

 

the fact is: If you consume more calories than you burn, you will end up with one No-fat diet not lose weight and may also increase testosterone production at the same time. To summarize again: the body needs omega-3 and omega-6 acids and saturated fats do not lead to a heart attack, but unsaturated fats do in the worst case.

 
 

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