Pasta, Not Bacon, Makes You Fat. But How?

I like this one:

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-get-fat.html


Calorie surplus makes you fat.

I had a lovely spaghetti, egg beaters, and sausage breakfast this morning

Interesting infographic/article. Not sure how accurate it is, but it seems to make sense, so I thought I'd share:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1668916/pasta-not-bacon-makes-you-fat-but-how

I drastically cut my breads and pastas when I lost my weight, so I'm thinking there's some truth to this.

More than likely cutting your breads and pastas simply made you more aware of what you were eating and you ate less..

I eat a lot of carbs.

Large portions make you fat. Massive calorie intake makes you fat. Broccoli can make you just as fat as bacon depending on your portions. The food doesn't matter, it's the portion size. Mind you, different foods carry more or less nutritional value for you (you'd lose weight eating 1200 cal/day of twinkies just like you would if you were eating 1200 cal/day of veggies), but when it comes down to weight, it's all about calories.

The underlying idea is that the insulin spike/drop caused by high carb foods causes you to feel hungry and thus eat more, which the basis for the South Beach Diet, the Carbohydrate Addicts Diet, the Woman Doctor's Diet for Women, and a bunch of others.

It's another way to control the intake of excessive calories. Some people benefit from this insight/tool, others don't need it.

Large portions make you fat. Massive calorie intake makes you fat. Broccoli can make you just as fat as bacon depending on your portions. The food doesn't matter, it's the portion size. Mind you, different foods carry more or less nutritional value for you (you'd lose weight eating 1200 cal/day of twinkies just like you would if you were eating 1200 cal/day of veggies), but when it comes down to weight, it's all about calories.

1200 calories of broccoli? clear the room and light a candle!

You should smell the asparagus ;-)

HOW TO DO CARBS IN A HEALTHY SATISFYING WAY!!

Get your grains intact from foods such as whole wheat bread, brown rice, whole grain pasta, and other possibly unfamiliar grains like quinoa, whole oats, and bulgur. Not only will these foods help protect you against a range of chronic diseases, they can also please your palate and your eyes.

*Start the day with whole grains. If you're partial to hot cereals, try steel-cut oats. If you're a cold cereal person, look for one that lists whole wheat, whole oats, or other whole grain first on the ingredient list.

*Use whole grain breads for lunch or snacks. Check the label to make sure that whole wheat or another whole grain is the first ingredient listed.

*Bag the potatoes. Instead, try brown rice or even "newer" grains like bulgur, wheat berries, millet, or hulled barley with your dinner.

*Pick up some whole wheat pasta. If the whole grain products are too chewy for you, look for those that are made with half whole-wheat flour and half white flour.

*Bring on the beans. Beans are an excellent source of slowly digested carbohydrates as well as a great source of protein.



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Eating more calories than you burn makes you fat. It doesn't matter whether you eat straight lard, white bread, or kale (although eating enough of just kale to exceed your caloric requirements would be incredibility difficult). Some people have an easier time controlling calories with some types of foods versus others, but in the end, it's CICO.