Fast food vs slow food

arlington21
arlington21 Posts: 34 Member
edited November 14 in Health and Weight Loss
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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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    Dude is on crack
    Eat less than you burn
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    Dude is on crack
    Eat less than you burn

    snort!
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    K
    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.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Slow food.....

    turtle-soup.jpg
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,207 Member
    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.
    Immediately? do they mean like tonight?

  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    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.
  • ogmomma2012
    ogmomma2012 Posts: 1,520 Member
    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.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    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.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Do you mean slow carb?

    Slow food is a culinary movement, something entirely different.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,207 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    Do you mean slow carb?

    Slow food is a culinary movement, something entirely different.
    Pretty sure the author doesn't know much about food, not to mention nutrition.

  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    neanderthin wrote: »
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    Do you mean slow carb?

    Slow food is a culinary movement, something entirely different.
    Pretty sure the author doesn't know much about food, not to mention nutrition.

    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. :)
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,207 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    Do you mean slow carb?

    Slow food is a culinary movement, something entirely different.
    Pretty sure the author doesn't know much about food, not to mention nutrition.

    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. :)
    lol, I was be facetious, as I believe you were as well. I've been a member of slow food since 1990.

  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    If I slowly fill my car's gas tank can I get much better MPG?
  • monty619
    monty619 Posts: 1,308 Member
    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)
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    [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.
  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    Slow food.....

    turtle-soup.jpg

    That's pretty funny.

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  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Dnarules wrote: »
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    Slow food.....

    turtle-soup.jpg

    That's pretty funny.

    I hope that is MOCK turtle soup.

    Poor, sad little turtle.
  • arlington21
    arlington21 Posts: 34 Member
    Okay thank you for all the answers and replies
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
    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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    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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