why are carbs so bad

They aren't bad

^^ This.

Unless you have a medical reason to restrict carbohydrate, there's no good reason to do so. Diabetics (of both Type I and Type II) get better glycemic control with carbohydrate restriction, as does anyone with insulin-resistance, whether from metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes, PCOS, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, etc.

The problem is eating a caloric surplus, not carbohydrate themselves.

There are some people who, when they eat certain carbs, crave more ... they can choose to restrict them if they don't have the willpower to "just say no" ... but unless you have one of the above medical reasons to restrict carbohydrate specifically, then there's no reason to HAVE to.

High calorie while not being filling or sustaining.

Carbs are bad because they made me fat and pre-diabetic. Now that I restrict them to under 30g a day, I've lost 1/3 of my body weight and 1/2 the gain of the last 14 years, and I am no longer pre-diabetic and I have a normal blood lipid profile and blood pressure.

Now, tell me again that carbs are good?

CARBS did this to you? does this include veggies and fruits? or where you shoving twinkies down your throat?

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Carbs are bad because they made me fat and pre-diabetic. Now that I restrict them to under 30g a day, I've lost 1/3 of my body weight and 1/2 the gain of the last 14 years, and I am no longer pre-diabetic and I have a normal blood lipid profile and blood pressure.

Now, tell me again that carbs are good?

CARBS did this to you? does this include veggies and fruits? or where you shoving twinkies down your throat?

Now that was NOT nice at all. Funny but not very nice lol

They're not. Stop reading Cosmo.

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Carbs are bad because they made me fat and pre-diabetic. Now that I restrict them to under 30g a day, I've lost 1/3 of my body weight and 1/2 the gain of the last 14 years, and I am no longer pre-diabetic and I have a normal blood lipid profile and blood pressure.

Now, tell me again that carbs are good?

CARBS did this to you? does this include veggies and fruits? or where you shoving twinkies down your throat?

Now that was NOT nice at all. Funny but not very nice lol

The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place... and I don´t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently, if you let it. You, me or nobody, is gonna hit as hard as life. But ain't about how hard you hit... It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That´s how winning is done. Now, if you know what you worth, go out and get what you worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying: You ain´t what you wanna be because of him or her or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain´t you! You´re better than that

life hits us hard,.. but instead if hitting back we decided to hit a box of twinkies... then I'd be dead by now
its easy to point and blame other stuff... in this case and in many .. carbs are the bad guy

CARBS did this to you? does this include veggies and fruits? or where you shoving twinkies down your throat?

I was Vegan actually!

No they didn't. And no they aren't.

Yes they did. Explain why I was in such a bad state, despite eating the magical low fat diet with plenty of fruit and veg! Yet when I dropped the carbs and started eating high fat, moderate protein, the weight dropped off (despite many years of dieting including Weight Watchers and failing dismally) and my blood work normalised.

Carbs are awesome. 800+g a day personally.

Nothing wrong with carbs. Many of them (fruits and veg) are loaded with vitamins and minerals. Low carb is a diet and a fad. It will go away in about 5 years after everybody loses weight on it and then regains it. Most (like myself) have been through that cycle on low carb already. I personally eat 50% carb per day and it kick started my weigh loss. I had to go to a dietitian to get that advice but i'll give it to you for free! lol

carbohydrates are organic compounds that contain carbon, oxygen and hydrogen (carb-O-hydr ates) - they are made by plants, initially by photosynthesis, but plant enzymes can convert the glucose produced by photosynthesis to other carbohydrates (and to fats and proteins (which aren't carbohydrates but are still needed by the body), although some of these need additional elements (e.g. protein needs nitrates))

Carbohydrates are the most readily available energy source for your body... your cells break it down, using oxygen, to release the energy from the glucose molecule which it uses for its life processes. The body can convert other carbohydrates into glucose and also get energy from fats and proteins (although fats and proteins are used for other things in the body, e.g. building new cells) not just for energy.

Carbohydrates have a reputation for being bad because it's easy to overeat on them. Eating a lot of protein and fat tends to make you feel full and stop eating, but a lot of people can eat way too much carbohydrate before feeling full. Some high carbohydrate foods like fruits are harder to overeat on because they also contain a lot of fibre. But generally speaking, it's easy to overeat on carbs, so diets that restrict carbohydrates tend to be successful as they result in the person eating less food and therefore creating a calorie deficit (although it's not a foregone conclusion). The solution to this problem, of course, is to eat carbohydrate in moderate serving sizes, which take into account your size and your activity levels. Demonising carbs just because some people eat too much of them is just silly.

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Its not that Carbs are bad, but they come in different forms. You can get Carbs from Vegetables, Fruit, Salad Veg, Oils and Fats, Natural Wheat products (Brown Bread, Brown Rice, Porridge, High Fibre Cereals). These are generally seen as GOOD Carbs.

However, in this day and age, I would say the majority of Carbs tend to come from processed foods - White Rice, Bread, Flour, Pasta, Fat Dairy, Butter, Sugar, Batter/Breadcrumb products, Alchohol etc. These are generally seen as BAD Carbs.

There are many diets that restrict carbs, purely because ppl normally eat BAD carbs.

For example - Take a traditional Sunday Lunch - Roast Beef/Chicken, Mashed Potato, Roast potato, Veg, Yorkshire Pudding, Gravy. You can break that meal down into basic food groups - Protien, Carbs, Fats. Unfortunatly, it tens to work out that you are eating 25% Protien (Meat) 25% Good Carbs (Veg) 45% Bad Carbs (Potatoes/Yorkshire Pudding/Gravy) and 5% Fats (Gravy/Batter/Oil).

This is why ppl say carbs are bad.

Each time you look at a meal, break it down. Try going for a 70/30 split - 70% Protien/Veg 30% Carb/Potato/Fat.

The body uses more energy breaking down protien, than it does to break down carbs/fat. More energy used = more calories burned.

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