Carbs are making you fat

So the 60 pounds I lost all while eating carbs was in my imagination? Or my perfect health in my last physical? If carbs are making us fat I shouldnt have been able to lose weight while eating them

Whoa! There is a difference between a good carb and a bad carb
Vegetables such as broc have a lot of carbs and should be in your diet plan where as bread (including that whole wheat bread that you may think is good for you) is a bad carb.
Lets face it bread and grain are on the food pyramid because we pay farmers millions of dollars each year to keep producing. Its easy to produce grain rather than vegetables therefore America has to promote it.
Since we are on the topic of bad carbs I want to just throw out there that the nutrigran bar that you think is doing you well, think again. Horrible Horrible for you. If its in a bar form keep it away from your mouth.
I had my son 7 months ago and up until last Feb decided to take the rest of my baby weight off. Went from 160 down to 145 in 3 months! 5 pounds shy of my prebaby weight with a goal of 125. When you read about nutrition make sure that Author has sources its pulling from for backup otherwise you might just be hurting yourself.

Do you like to eat meat???????? My father is a farmer....... YOU my sweet all knowing mfp pal, need to get informed. You are SOOOO off base, you can't even SEE the base.

Corn: The United States is, by far, the largest producer of corn in the world. Corn is grown on over 400,000 U.S. farms. In 2000, the U.S. produced almost ten billion bushels of the world’s total 23 billion bushel crop. Corn grown for grain accounts for almost one quarter of the harvested crop acres in this country. Corn grown for silage accounts for about two percent of the total harvested cropland or about 6 million acres. The amount of land dedicated to corn silage production varies based on growing conditions. In years that produce weather unfavorable to high corn grain yields, corn can be “salvaged” by harvesting the entire plant as silage.

According to the National Corn Growers Association, about eighty percent of all corn grown in the U.S. is consumed by domestic and overseas livestock, poultry, and fish production. The crop is fed as ground grain, silage, high-moisture, and high-oil corn. About 12% of the U.S. corn crop ends up in foods that are either consumed directly (e.g. corn chips) or indirectly (e.g. high fructose corn syrup). It also has a wide array of industrial uses including ethanol, a popular oxygenate in cleaner burning auto fuels.

I didn't bother reading through the 12 pages of comments but did anyone happen to mention that your brain requires carbs. Its the only thing it can run on. When Atkins first came out I was in college Anatomy and Physiology 1 and had to listen to my teacher preach to us for an ENTIRE lecture period about how bad the Adkins diet was. *Sigh* everything in moderation...

Dude, I don't know or give an eff. I sure as hell know that a tight ripped body doesn't come from junk food. So be a smart *kitten* but I know you get my point.

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Let's see:


Zyzz ate carbs

Zyzz also died of a (I believe?) heart attack at 22 and was a heavy ecstasy user and steroid abuser! MDMA suppresses appetite like no other so obviously he would have little fat!

U mirin? Haha I had to...

RIP Zyzz "He died for our gains"

He actually died from an undiagnosed congential (sp?) heart defect...how sad. He was gorgeous.

He actually died from an undiagnosed congential (sp?) heart defect...how sad. He was gorgeous.

That is sad =( How did you find out about this? There were so many rumors floating around when he died. For a while, people didn't even know if it was true.

So much fail in just one thread...

Let's see:


Zyzz ate carbs





Greg Plitt eats carbs






Manu eats carbs






Josef Rakich eats carbs






Yea, these guys are just bursting with fat cells.

yeah...carbs is what gets converted into energy faster it is not what makes you fat -.- what makes you fat is eating all them calories and NOT working out. that's what makes you fat -.- bakas.

Hmmmm I eat carbs all the time! How in the hell is it I'm losing weight! Its the body's energy source. You need it! Stay away from the simple and eat the complex carbs.

If carbs are so bad for you why when I cut them out of my diet and started doing a reputable "low carb" diet did I a.) feel like a butt in a blender b.) lost a significant amount of time on my 5k because I felt like a weak plastic bag caught in the wind c.) constantly (and trust me you do too) had stinky fart breath and d.) was always ALWAYS hungry.

Do I believe that you can eat to many carbs? Absolutely, no one should eat a loaf of bread for dinner. Do I think there is a problem with refined sugars and simple carbs in this country? Ooooh yea. But do I think that refined carbs are the enemy?? No way! The proof is in how much better I look and feel when I eat whole grains, fruits, and beans.

So you can go ahead and feel lethargic and smelly if that's how you like it, but I will gladly choose a nice plate of yummy beans and whole grain rice before I choose a plate of nitrate soaked bacon.

Just saying!

I didn't bother reading through the 12 pages of comments but did anyone happen to mention that your brain requires carbs. Its the only thing it can run on. When Atkins first came out I was in college Anatomy and Physiology 1 and had to listen to my teacher preach to us for an ENTIRE lecture period about how bad the Adkins diet was. *Sigh* everything in moderation...

It can run on ketones.

Dude, I don't know or give an eff. I sure as hell know that a tight ripped body doesn't come from junk food. So be a smart *kitten* but I know you get my point.

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What? Calories matter. Type of food doesn't.

This guy travels on the road 300 days a year around the world. His diet consists of 90% fatty, high carb, greasy restaurant food, fast food, roadside diners, 24 hour eateries like Denny's and IHOP, airport food, and of course, whatever catering is available at the arenas. Pretty much what most people here consider "junk." and I know, he's just horribly out of shape, isn't he?:huh:

Randy Orton is so hot. Just sayin'

Agree!

I'm sick of these threads. Use common sense. Carbs from pizza and snickers bars = bad. Carbs from oranges and sweet potatoes = good. Quit confusing people and making them think they need to follow fad diets. Eat more natural food and less processed food. Or eat whatever the hell you want. If you think carbs are bad, don't eat them, just quit preaching to other people.

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I thought it was my love of bacon and a sausage that made me fat. I'm glad to know that it was all those carbs. I'm going back to eating lbs of bacon each day and still lose weight...that's awesome! I really don't understand these posts. Calories make you fat when you eat too many of them. It's not about carbs vs. low carb. If you eat too many calories on a low carb diet, you will still be fat (and you probably won't feel very good). I have a serious problem with "diet" plans that make you cut out all of one kind of food. It just doesn't seem right or sustainable.