Never eat carbs without protein... another myth?

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  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    For me personally, if I eat just fruit for a snack, I wind up hungry again in short order. Two apples 160 calories and I'm hungry again in short order. One apple and a cheese stick, same 160 calories and I'm not hungry again for quite a while.

    This is the only reason I have protein or fat or fiber with my carbohydrates. It only affects my weightloss in as much as I'll be hungry when I don't need the calories or the nutrition and will sabotage my calorie deficit.

    Ditto this. I am an RN in a very busy emergency department. I literally do not sit down unless it is to pee or shove food in my face. If I take 5 minutes to eat just an apple or just some sort of fruit, I'm going to be super hungry again in 20 minutes. If I have that piece of fruit with some cheese, cottage cheese, or nuts, I'm good for at least 2 hours. Regardless of what and what isn't a diet "myth" you have to listen to your body and do what is best for YOU. For every poster here who says it's a myth and can back it up with books and studies, there is an equal number of posters who can say it is not a myth and back it up with books and science. So just do what works for you.

    Exactly!
  • witchy_wife
    witchy_wife Posts: 792 Member
    I would eat either fat or protein with carbs, but purely for the reason that I never seem to feel very full on things that are high in carbs, but low in fat and protein. I could over eat a LOT on high carb foods, but not really fat and protein and it satisfies me much more.

    I don't know the science behind it, if it actually makes any difference.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    I live with hypoglycemia. I do have to watch it with the carbs but only if I eat a carb-heavy meal and then go a very long time without consuming anything. If I eat all carbs, I will grab something protein within a couple hours and not have any problems. I know I'm just one person, but that's the way it is with hypoglycemia. I do eat enough protein over the course of a day that I don't have problems at all anymore.

    As for fat, myth.
  • iamkass
    iamkass Posts: 122 Member
    The thing that is confusing a lot of people is that the question was about fat. We aren't talking fullness or sugar or happiness or rainbows.

    If me and my exact clone eat the same food but I decide to eat balanced meals (with a healthy balance of macros) and my clone decides to eat the same foods but one macro at a time, in terms of weight loss it does not make a difference. Calories in need to be less than calories out.

    Sure, my clone might be grumpy, not feel full as much, be more tired, have horns growing out of her head, whatever.. doesn't mean anything in terms of weight loss other than the fact that maybe my clone would be more likely to binge.

    *Edited because my clone would be a female, not a male.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    So nobody agrees? lol. I usually try and have some protein with my carbs as well, but I was wondering for the odd day when I have oatmeal in the morning and no protein with it.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    MYTH
  • mistesh
    mistesh Posts: 243 Member
    Spikes in blood glucose are normal after consuming a meal. Diabetes is a special case though, and protein may help. Then again, different foods are digested differently, see William Howard Hay. My own meals show no particular pattern, lol.
    For me personally, if I eat just fruit for a snack, I wind up hungry again in short order. Two apples 160 calories and I'm hungry again in short order.

    This discomfort could be withdrawal rather than hunger. Some foods digest faster than others. When digestion is ending and you enter fasting, people who eat processed food can experience withdrawal at this time, which they may interpret as hunger.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    So nobody agrees? lol. I usually try and have some protein with my carbs as well, but I was wondering for the odd day when I have oatmeal in the morning and no protein with it.

    I often have steel cut oatmeal with some fruit for breakfast. Keeps me full as long if not longer than eggs, toast and a breakfast meat. Must be the fiber.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,296 Member

    So nobody agrees? lol. I usually try and have some protein with my carbs as well, but I was wondering for the odd day when I have oatmeal in the morning and no protein with it.
    Well, if your taking this seriously then I'll point out that many natural carb sources has protein attached, so were naturally eating the combination of carbs and protein, crazy but true.
  • linalovekitty
    linalovekitty Posts: 187
    my mom is a dietician and she advocates this all the time.

    the idea is that carbs, really starches, will spike your insulin levels when eaten on an empty stomach. protein will level off your insulin so u wont spike if you eat starch at the same time as the protein.

    bc i do enjoy starches on my diet ie multigrain high fiber bread here and there, and multigrain/whole wheat pastas, I always make sure I eat them with a protein and veggie and never alone.

    one of my fave treats are chocolate covered raisins, but i only eat a few AFTER I eat my dinner

    You are obviously not aware that protein is just as insulinogenic as carbs? (or starches) And that veggies are carbs?

    obviously...
  • rachelchaney
    rachelchaney Posts: 1
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