The Truth About Carbs and Weight Loss That You Need to Know
Eliminate the carbohydrate confusion and gain clarity on getting fit
I understand you want to lose weight and get fit, but you may have been misinformed that eating carbohydrates causes fat gain and reducing them results in fat loss.
So, let’s get right to the truth about carbs, weight loss and getting fit!
Carbo-Hydrate
To gain clarity around carbs, all you have to do is look right at the name.
For some simple science — carbohydrates are a macronutrient made up of sugar or starch molecules.
Simple sugar carbohydrates have a basic chemical structure and are digested quickly. Foods such as:
Candy, Syrups, Soda, Fruit juice, Sugar, White bread, White rice, White pasta, and refined breakfast cereals.
Complex carbohydrates have longer, more complex chains of starch molecules, usually contain more fibre, and take longer to digest. They are found in foods such as:
Legumes, Fruit, Starchy vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, and 100% Whole-grain bread, rice and pasta.
All carbohydrates are broken down into glucose in our bodies, providing energy for our…
