You Can Lose Weight on a High
Carbohydrate Diet
By David Snape
A startling fact is that carbohydrates
are not responsible for making people fat. Don't feel too badly though,
you are not the only person who was sold on the idea that a high
protein, low carb diet was the only way to lose weight.
Here is a simple way to demonstrate this fact. Think about the
vegetarians you know, are there any overweight problems among them? The
high protein diets rely on a lot of animal fats and proteins, but these
vegetarians don't eat them. Startling indeed, isn't it?
Maybe you don't know any vegetarians. They certainly are hard to find,
especially in the Midwest, where I live.
You may wonder about the science involved here. After all, many of those
folks promoting the low carb diets are medical doctors, aren't they?
Being a medical doctor doesn't mean that you don't ever make any
mistakes. Besides, the same science that supports the low carb diet also
supports the high carb diet. They didn't get it wrong, they just didn't
consider the whole story.
That might sound like a contradiction, but it isn't. I'm going to
explain why in just a moment. Fist, let me give you the science on this.
You most likely are not a biochemist or a physiologist and neither am I.
But I have studied the subjects a bit. Don't focus on the technical
jargon in the next paragraph,just try to grasp the overall point. You
don't need to be a scientist to use common sense and basic reasoning
skills. Ready?
Consider this bit of biochemistry. Malonyl -CoA exists in high amounts
when there is plenty of metabolic fuel present. Thus, carnitine
acyltransferase is inhibited and this in turn prevents acyl-CoA from
crossing into the cell’s mitochondria. Another enzyme is inhibited by
the presence of NADH and Thiolase is also inhibited by the presence of
Acetyl-COA. In short, when a lot of glucose is present, fatty acid
metabolism is inhibited.
It is the last sentence that clues us in here. Basically, a cell will
not convert fats into energy if there is glucosepresent. When the cell
has carbs and sugar to work on, it will not convert the fat to energy,
thus the fat gets stored.
This is why the low carb diets work, with little to zero carbohydrates
and subsequently glucose to work on, the fat will be used for energy.
This is exactly why the high carb diet works too. When no or little fat
is present, it won't be stored as fat.
In addition to this, it is important to realize that it costs the body
quite a bit of energy to take carbs and store them as fat. This alone is
actually a positive. There really needs to be some form of fat present
to make it easier.
This should help you understand that whatever your diet consistsof, if
you want to remain or get thin, you need to avoid mixingfats and carbs
together. A fat consists of a fatty acid head and a carbohydrate tail.
This means when you mix your fat andcarbs together you are asking for
trouble, assuming you care about weight, that is.
So now it should be clear why so many people in North America have a
weight problem as the NIH was happy to point out a few weeks ago. Think
about the typical American diet.It generally consists of lots of
combinations of fat and carbs.
As Dr. Neal Barnard points out in his book, "Foods That CauseYou To Lose
Weight", It is fat that makes people fat.
Don't want to be a vegetarian? I don't blame you. Really, you don't have
to be one. Just quit mixing your proteins/fats and carbohydrates
together.
Don't overlook the obvious, there is ton of candy and dessertsout there
that are a mixture of fat and sugar. Meat and potatoes - perhaps this
classic is a serious blunder in seperating proteins/fats and carbs.
Armed with this knowledge,you can probably come up with dozens of
examples of potentially fattening mixtures of food on your own.
This article is for information only. It is not intended to prescribe,
treat or diagnose any health problem. Consult your physician before
changing your diet.
David Snape is a health, fitness and wellness enthusiast.
His web site is http://tobeinformed.com Dave also practices Falun Dafa:
falundafa.org
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