| You may be surprised to know that the consumption | | | | Therefore, carbohydrates don't make you fat. They |
| of carbohydrates does not make you gain weight. | | | | simply allow your body to store fat. Only fat will |
| Many people have been sold on the notion that | | | | make you fat! |
| cutting carbs from their diet and upping their protein | | | | Carbohydrates can be stored as fat, however, the |
| intake is the only effective way to lose weight. | | | | body requires massive amounts of energy to do so. |
| However, if this were true, wouldn't we be seeing | | | | This makes the storing of carbohydrates too difficult |
| more overweight vegetarians? They eat plenty of | | | | for the body to actually do unless there are very |
| beans, rice, bread, and pasta but none of the animal | | | | excessive amounts of carbohydrates to help fuel the |
| fats and proteins found in your favourite cuts of | | | | body while the process takes place. At any rate, |
| meat. Their diet is the polar opposite of the other | | | | your body should always have at least some level of |
| and not only do they lose weight but they keep it | | | | fat present. You never know when you'll need it. |
| off. High carbohydrate diets only offer a short term | | | | The best rule of thumb for any dieter is to not mix |
| solution to weight loss. | | | | carbohydrates and fats. When you are consuming a |
| There is more to these diets than meat and carbs. | | | | lot of both you will gain a lot of weight. If you |
| There are scientific facts that support the benefits | | | | consume even moderate amounts of both without a |
| of both diets, however, those who endorse the low | | | | high enough metabolism your body will still store |
| carbohydrate diet usually aren't taking the whole | | | | moderate amounts of fat. However, if you are only |
| truth into consideration and will sometimes omit | | | | consuming one or the other you will be able to stay |
| certain facts about their diet of choice. | | | | lose plenty of weight and keep it off. |
| Unless you are a biology professor or chemist the | | | | This should explain why so many North Americans |
| next paragraph may seem a little overwhelming and | | | | are obese. North America's diet usually contains both |
| hard to grasp, but I want to explain the basic | | | | carbohydrates and fats. Though some have high |
| sciences associated with these diets. Try not to think | | | | metabolisms and eat in moderation, those who don't |
| scientifically and simply practice good common sense | | | | are guaranteed to gain weight and be fat. |
| while reading. The truth should be plain as day: | | | | The most important thing to remember is that it is |
| When there is an excess of metabolism fuel in your | | | | fat, not carbohydrates, that make people fat. Not |
| body it will produce higher levels of Malonyl COA. This | | | | everyone is fond of the idea of becoming a |
| Malonyl COA prohibits the process known as carnitine | | | | vegetarian, but there's no reason to be. One simply |
| acyltransferase, which also leads to the prevention of | | | | has to stop eating the carbs and fats together. |
| Acyl COA migrating through the cell membrane into | | | | One classic North American mistake should be |
| the mitochondria. Acetyl COA stops Thiolase from | | | | obvious: Meat and potatoes. A steak and potato diet |
| crossing the membrane just as NADH stops a list of | | | | is guaranteed to pack on the pounds. There are also |
| others. Basically, when too much glucose is built up in | | | | candies and other tasty treats that contain a mix of |
| the body the metabolism of fatty acids is completely | | | | sugars and fats and are best to be avoided all |
| stopped. In layman's terms, when there is a lot of | | | | together. If you stop and think for a moment you |
| sugar or carbs in your body your cells will not use fat | | | | should have no trouble coming up with plenty of |
| to make energy. Instead, it will use the carbs. So as | | | | examples of this disastrous combination that can be |
| long as your body has carbohydrates to use for | | | | found in your daily diet. |
| energy the fat simply gets stored! | | | | If you are looking to lose weight and have |
| This is a great explanation for why both diets actually | | | | considered both diets you should be better suited |
| work, and the evidence should be pretty clear. | | | | now to make your decision. Just remember that low |
| Without carbohydrates to use to energize the body | | | | carb diets can work, but if protein and animal fat are |
| it will use the fats that it has stored up over time | | | | reintroduced to the body your will store them |
| instead, so a low carb diet will make you lose body | | | | immediately. This is why anyone who has tried the |
| fat. On the other hand, when there are no fats | | | | low carb approach to dieting has almost always |
| coming into the body it will simply burn the | | | | gained the weight back almost as fast as they lost it. |
| carbohydrates and sugars for fuel and store nothing. | | | | Once you make your decision stick with it! |