This phrase alone was enough to make me nearly blow a gasket: "To lose body fat, you want to shoot for 150 g carbs/day, 150 g protein/day, and 75 g fat/day if you were the above person!" This is referring to a 200-pound individual with 25 percent body fat. I wonder how many carbs they'd recommend for a 350-pound man with 45 percent body fat?! Would you dare say 300 g carbs/day?! Sheeeeez!!!
Then you look at this list of the top ten carbs and it's the same stuff we always see.
Not all of it is bad, but most of it is:
10.) Brown rice (just because it's brown don't make it healthy!)
9.) Steel cut whole oatmeal (not going inside my body!)
8.) Quinoa (if I can't pronounce it, I ain't eatin' it!)
7.) Yams/sweet potatoes (Uhhh, no!)
6.) Winter squashes (not too bad, these are good!)
5.) Peas and Legumes (I don't eat beans or peas--too starchy!)
4.) Colorful fibrous veggies (again, not bad, but be choosy!)
3.) Super fruits (berries are amazing, but most other fruit is not!)
2.) Leafy green vegetables (this is the lifeblood of a low-carb diet!)
1.) Cruciferous vegetables (non-starchy veggies are truly the best!)
Yes, you want to eat some carbohydrates for their phytonutrient profile and nutritional impact on your body. But giving people the impression that they should be consuming triple-digit carb counts is irresponsible no matter how virtuous you make the carbs sound. Limiting your carb intake to double digits will make you healthier, more fit, and live longer than you ever would consuming a consistently triple-digit daily carbohydrate diet. There's no debating that based on all we know about carbs. To learn more about healthy dieting, Call HCG Medical for a FREE consultation.
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