Carbohydrates make you fat

Carbohydrates make you fat

Losing fat is not as hard as it might seem. All you need to do is to cut back on carbohydrates. When you eat carbohydrates, they get converted into glucose by insulin (a metabolic hormone). Too much glucose can be toxic so your pancreas sends out even more insulin to manage this. Now, instead of burning fat as fuel, you are converting calories into fat and storing it. Your body is great at converting carbs into fat and will gladly do that if there are too many carbs in your diet. 

I found this picture on a site that thinks this is all bunk but oddly enough, it pretty much lays it out for you:

Gain muscle, Burn fat

Try to exercise to exhaustion twice a week on an empty stomach when insulin levels are low. This will force your body to release human growth hormones which allows you to use fat for fuel instead of glucose. Do not eat for an hour after the exercise to keep your level of growth hormones higher longer which will help build muscle and burn fat. If you want to burn fat, you have to gain muscle. The other benefit of this is that it will train your muscles to use more oxygen.  Muscle helps you stay lean by making you insulin sensitive. This means that you require less insulin and, thus, will lower your blood sugar. The key to losing fat is to lower insulin levels and increasing muscle is the best way to do this.

Here are six high-carb foods you are probably eating today:

1. Bananas - In general, don't overeat high-carb fruits. Try handfuls not bowlfuls and focus on berries which are lower in carbs.
2. Oatmeal
3. Orange Juice
4. Pasta
5. Beer - liquid carbs
6. Whole grains - better than refined carbs but they still jack up blood glucose and insulin.

Daily Carbohydrate Recommendations:

I found this chart here:

Here are some bad ways to lose weight:

1. Exercise - Exercise is great for lots of health-related reasons but exercise alone is not the best way to lose weight. 
2. Counting calories - Calorie-counters might eat carbs with low calories without knowing they are stimulating appetite. Try to focus on eating the right foods instead.
3. Cheat day - If you find yourself talking about your upcoming cheat day a week in advance, and craving it, you probably just set yourself up to become addicted to that cheat day – and therefore bad food in general – by your diet plan. 
4. Portion control - Portion control has the same problem as calorie-counting. If you eat the right food, portion control takes care of itself. 
5. Cleanse - Science does not support cleanses. Try to find a diet plan that is not debunked by science.
6. Fasting - Fasting will cause your metabolism to slow by 40%. This is why eating regular meals is essential when trying to lose weight.
7. Diets - You might lose 10 pounds dieting but if you return to your normal diet you probably will gain it back. This is because you learned how to lose weight on the diet plan but not how to lose weight on your normal diet. 
8. Willpower - Try knowledge instead. If you just apply knowledge of proper eating you will not need any extra willpower whatsoever. 

Now, click here for a tip on how to be grateful and eat less.