How often you can hear the expression - in order to lose weight, you need to stop eating carbohydrates, saying carbohydrates, it's just cakes and sweets. Alas, here there is a misunderstanding. Without these "harmful carbohydrates" we will not be able to process fats and proteins, and our liver will soon refuse to work at all, and the main consumer of carbohydrates is the brain. And, how can you refuse him?
What is the difference between "good" and "bad"?
All carbohydrates, as a matter of fact, and proteins with fats, ultimately, are converted into glucose, that is - energy in pure form, which, by the way, is a representative of fast carbohydrates, and besides them, there are also slow carbohydrates. Conditional division occurs depending on how fast the carbohydrate is able to split into glucose. So we get fast and slow carbohydrates, with a high and low glycemic index (GI).
Fast carbohydrates
Rapid carbohydrates are harmful because immediately splitting with glucose, its blood level rises sharply (too!), And the pancreas has to urgently release insulin, which processes glucose into fat. When this process is completed, we again feel the desire to raise the sugar level, and eat the second candy, and so it can happen endlessly. As a result, we have obesity and disruption of the pancreas.
Fast carbohydrates in food are very common, here are the most famous and popular:
- sugar, honey (which bees were made from sugar);
- cakes, sweets, cookies, ice cream;
- chocolate;
- jam, jam;
- white rice, oatmeal;
- sweet fruit - pineapple, grapes, watermelon, melon.
To exclude everything, certainly will not be possible, but to reduce as much as possible, consuming sweets only on holidays - in our power!
Slow or carbohydrates with low GI
As for products with slow carbohydrates, they, of course, less. Thanks to such carbohydrates, the blood sugar level increases gradually, the pancreas does not need to make sudden march-throws, which means that our spirits do not jump like that. The proportion of carbohydrates in the daily diet should be more than 50%, this level should be achieved mainly through slow carbohydrates in food.
Consider what contain slow carbohydrates:
- macaroni and whole wheat bread ;
- barley, all legumes;
- apples, pears, plums, kiwi, grapefruits, dried apricots;
- white cabbage, Brussels, tomatoes, cauliflower, onions;
- mushrooms, zucchini, spinach, pepper.
Take care of the shape and health of the whole body, because these are inalienable concepts. And if you are a sweet tooth, eat sweets only on holidays, believe me, their taste from this will be delicious!