“Carbs are killing you” infographic revisited
Carbs , how and why they are the cause of weight gain.
Carbohydrates — it doesn’t matter whether these are in sugar, bread, pasta, breakfast cereals, fruit or vegetables — are all exactly the same as far as your body is concerned: they are all ultimately converted to the blood sugar, glucose.
All carbs are digested very quickly — within a few minutes. This means that within a very short time after a carb-rich meal the level of glucose in your bloodstream will rise rapidly.
High blood glucose levels, over prolonged periods of time, are dangerous and as levels of glucose rise rapidly in the bloodstream, your pancreas rapidly produces a large amount of insulin to take the excess glucose out. This is an important point as insulin is the hormone ultimately responsible for body fat storage.
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Makes you think: Are Carbs killing us? What do you think?
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This article was written by Dai "The Moose" Manuel
Dai Manuel is a dad, husband, Fitness Town COO, Toastmaster, Crossfit Coach, Ambassador with Visalus & Fitfluential. How can I help you reach your goals?
3 comments:
Nice post Dai!
Maybe pictures will help people get the message?
Has krispy kreme invented a no carb donut yet, that would help people, ha!
Thanks for sharing
LOL! True enough… you know if they come up with that, they’d have a line up out the door…
awesome :] explains why i missed weight on the last fight ,the carbs i drank like gatorade is that reallly bad though ? or is it the carbs from rice an corn an so.. i love cross fitness it gives me the endurance i need an helps me out an now that i know what to eat tings should go better 17yr old mixed martial artist ,due to this an my endurance people will see why they call me “The Wolf” :]