• miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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    Why avoid carbs though?

    Genuine question.
    If we’re talking bad carbs like sugar, that only make you crave more bad carbs, thus pushing you into a calorie surplus, then yes, avoid those.

    But carbs in general? Why avoid them?

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        2 years ago

        Yeah okay, that should go without saying. If something is genuinely bad for a person for whatever reason, then of course they should avoid it.

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      2 years ago

      Not all carbs are made the same. But generally your body was never built to consume pure carbs. Our bodies are built on fats.

      Drinking a can of coke when you’re hungry and seeing yourself gets more hungry. Eat 2 avocados and you can probably skip the next meal.

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        2 years ago

        Not all carbs are made the same

        Yeah, that’s my point. Take some pasta with tuna and you have a meal that

        1. Consistently supplies energy for the next hours
        2. Satiates you with high quality protein

        Banger meal for when I need to be out and chop wood all day

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        It wasn’t build to consume pure fats either. A healthy mix of complex carbs, protein and fats release energy over a long period of time and satiate the stomach. Cutting sugar, sweeteners and fatty snacks does a lot to fix addictive food behaviour, but it’s hard.

        Fun fact, all your body fat you want to get rid of has to leave through your breath.