Fast food vs slow food
arlington21
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Just when I thought I got this down, after watching KERA I'm confused again. This guy on the show was talking about how foods that enter your body quickly (French fries, crossiant, etc) can be immediately stored as fat and food that enter your body slowly (nuts, beans, etc) will be slowly used for energy. I'm just so confused since I thought all you had to do was eat less than you burn. Please be kind and help me understand, thank you.
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Dude is on crack
Eat less than you burn
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4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »Dude is on crack
Eat less than you burn
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You eat a bunch of fast absorbing carbs more than you need at the moment. Insulin kicks in, and your body stores the excess as fat. But over the whole day you eat less than your body needs. So those previously stored carbs from the AM are released. By the end of the day you burned more than you ate (CICO) so you have less fat stores than you had at the beginning of the day.0 -
Slow food.....
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Immediately? do they mean like tonight?arlington21 wrote: »Just when I thought I got this down, after watching KERA I'm confused again. This guy on the show was talking about how foods that enter your body quickly (French fries, crossiant, etc) can be immediately stored as fat and food that enter your body slowly (nuts, beans, etc) will be slowly used for energy. I'm just so confused since I thought all you had to do was eat less than you burn. Please be kind and help me understand, thank you.
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He isn't completely wrong, but he is so wrong. Yes, if you have food digesting in you gut when you need energy, you will be getting energy from that food. Yes, fast digesting food may be more likely to be converted into fat. But the body gets energy from fat too. As far as weight loss is concerned, it doesn't matter whether the energy come from the gut before food is converted to fat or not. For exercise, it is better to have food in the gut, because it converts to energy more easily than fat. But you would be better off with fast food in that case. Slow food is better to keep you from feeling hungry.0
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I just have the feeling they mean you will be hungry sooner dispite similar calories between a crossiant and a pile of vegetables or... something.0
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arlington21 wrote: »Just when I thought I got this down, after watching KERA I'm confused again. This guy on the show was talking about how foods that enter your body quickly (French fries, crossiant, etc) can be immediately stored as fat and food that enter your body slowly (nuts, beans, etc) will be slowly used for energy. I'm just so confused since I thought all you had to do was eat less than you burn. Please be kind and help me understand, thank you.
You are right.
Our body processes different foods in different ways, but at the end of the day, the bold part is the answer.0 -
Do you mean slow carb?
Slow food is a culinary movement, something entirely different.0 -
Pretty sure the author doesn't know much about food, not to mention nutrition.azulvioleta6 wrote: »Do you mean slow carb?
Slow food is a culinary movement, something entirely different.
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neanderthin wrote: »
Pretty sure the author doesn't know much about food, not to mention nutrition.azulvioleta6 wrote: »Do you mean slow carb?
Slow food is a culinary movement, something entirely different.
We don't know who the author is, or what show the OP is referring to...hard to clarify without any context, but I thought that I would take a shot in the dark.
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lol, I was be facetious, as I believe you were as well. I've been a member of slow food since 1990.azulvioleta6 wrote: »neanderthin wrote: »
Pretty sure the author doesn't know much about food, not to mention nutrition.azulvioleta6 wrote: »Do you mean slow carb?
Slow food is a culinary movement, something entirely different.
We don't know who the author is, or what show the OP is referring to...hard to clarify without any context, but I thought that I would take a shot in the dark.
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If I slowly fill my car's gas tank can I get much better MPG?0
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has to do with the glycemic index and insulin response.. faster carbs with a higher insulin response are considered high GI such as white potatoes, bananas, pasta, juice.. and slower carbs would be like complex carbs such as vegetables, apples, berries, brown rice or whatever...foods with more fiber basically
the only issue with this Glycemic Index is that it should only really apply to those who are diabetic, pre-diabetic, or in any way have a messed up metabolism over time from not exercising regularly and their hormone function is off.. any type of insulin resistance
healthy adults can pretty much disregard the glycemic index so if you fall in the range of healthy active people 100g carbs of white rice and 100g carbs of brown rice (for example) is not going to make a difference whatsoever.. and even if you are more insulin resistant it makes a marginal difference.
carb is a carb (unless you are diabetic)0 -
[quote="arlington21;10109392"I'm just so confused since I thought all you had to do was eat less than you burn. Please be kind and help me understand, thank you.[/quote]
The bolded bit in your quote is 100% true. Eat less than you burn and you will lose weight, because the deficit will come from fat stores.0 -
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Okay thank you for all the answers and replies0
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To me a fast food would be a lizard and a slow food a snail.
It's mostly broscience. Eat in deficit and weight loss should happen.
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