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Carbohydrates Play An Important Role In Weight Loss
from:There are so many fad diets on the market today. Many have you
eliminate carbohydrates from your diet all together. However
carbohydrates play an important role in weight loss. Your
muscles need carbohydrates for energy and to rebuild. As your
muscles rebuild and grow in size, in other words gain more
volume, you lose more weight by having those larger muscles burn
your body's fat stores.
Sure the Atkins diet and every other fad, no carb diet out there
will help you lose weight. You will lose weight not only in the
decrease of amount of bodyfat but also in muscle volume and
size. Although part one of this equation, losing the fat, is
good, part two is terrible. The last thing you want is to lose
muscle volume. As your muscle volume decreases so does their
need for more energy which in turn reduces the amount of body
fat they need to burn.
Forget all the fads and depriving your body of the much needed
carbohydrate energy source. I am going to show you why eating
carbohydrates is important, how much you should eat and that
eating them will help you lose weight, not gain.
There are two types of carbohydrates you need to concern
yourself with. They are called simple and complex carbohydrates.
Let's start with the simple carbohydrates also known as
monosaccharide. These are your sugary carbohydrates. Examples
would be glucose(dextrose), fructose, xylose, and ribose. These
have also been labeled in the past as the "bad" carbohydrate.
Yes they can be bad in large quantities and from the wrong
source.
For example, apples contain fructose which is a simple
carbohydrate; however an apple is a good source of many
nutrients, so it is ok to eat an apple as a source of your
carbohydrates with one of your meals. Soda on the other hand
contains sugar and a lot of it. Soda also contains no
nutritional value. If you drink a lot of soda you are taking in
way too many simple carbohydrates and that will lead to weight
gain. Cutting out soda in your diet alone will help you reduce 5
to 10 pounds by itself.
Complex carbohydrates also known as polysaccharides are your
"good" carbohydrates. They consist of food items such as
oatmeal, brown rice, yams and other potatoes, wholegrain cereals
and breads, corn, bread and lentils.
These are the carbohydrate sources that are essential to
assisting your muscle growth. As we stated before muscle is very
important because the more volume of muscle that you have the
more fat you will burn.
As you already know you should be eating six meals a day spread
out every two and a half to three hours. Each meal should
consist of equal portions of protein, carbohydrates and green
vegetables. Each portion size, to make it easier for measuring
purposes, should be about the size of your clenched fist.
Now that you know what the carbohydrate sources are, and how
much to have of them, there should be no reason for you to
follow one of those fad diets. Eat the amount of carbs you are
supposed to have along with your protein and veggies, combine
that with a good workout routine and you will soon see your body
fat melting away.
About the author:
Mr. Tucker is the senior editor for Weight Loss Nation, an online resource where you can learn more about weight loss, fitness, nutrition and exercise.
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