DCGonzalez
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People eat more than they realize when faced with large portion sizes. This usually means eating too many calories.
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Why We Get Fat
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That's where I typically am. I vary my eating, however, and am not real strict. Been doing it that way for many years.
Have you seen this Paul Chek video, and what do you think of it:
NUTRITION: The Dirt Facts -MUST KNOW INFORMATION! P.1 - YouTube
I agree with basically everything he said in that video, Paul Chek is pretty good.
DaveZane
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I don't really understand, can you expand on this?
DaveZane
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Sorry meant to say I don't understand why legumes and grains are not healthy.
I have to say that this is an intersting thread. Im going to try to add a bit to this conversation of why we get fat and I have to agree with those who said that calories count may not have to do with geting fat as many think.
So we have carbs, protein, fat.
Let's just agree tthat proteinis sort of are neutral in terms of fat gain.
Then we left with carbs and fat.
Fat if eaten for energy produce ketones. Ketones can not be used as stored fat and whatever is over produced will just be disgarded. So the notion that fat makes you fat is bogus.
Next are the dreaded carbs. Well here is the issue with carbs. Carbs do have the ability to be stored as fat. But here is the skinny on the carbs.
1.When carbs are consumed complex or simple it breaks down into glucose. Glucose is very toxic to the body! Say what? ..but this is the fuel we all use. Yes it is used as fuel but high glucose levels cause nerve damage. The problem with carbs is the they need to be used all at once or if cells in our bodies are saturated they have the ability to ignore insulin signaling thus this glucose is stored as fat. (insulin resistance)
Remember, because glucose is toxic it has to stay at a certain level in the body.
2.Our bodies will go to any lengths to keep glucose under control and will produce a huge amount of insulin to deal with this. So when ppl get fat rather quickly eating carbs it is caused by this process of having some insulin resistance, methabolic issues and over consuming carbs.
3.However, many ppl get hungry and want to eat more even though they are fat...common problem. That's simply because there is an imbalance in our methabolic process. In other words, fat is not released from fat deposits due to the insulin/glucagon imbalance. When insulin is a bit high that suporesses glucagon which is the primary signal for the body to release fat stores for energy.
Now, carbs are not bad to eat but once our bodies get into this insulin resistance and methabolic process issue these carbs are basically the worse thing you can eat.
So we have carbs, protein, fat.
Let's just agree tthat proteinis sort of are neutral in terms of fat gain.
Then we left with carbs and fat.
Fat if eaten for energy produce ketones. Ketones can not be used as stored fat and whatever is over produced will just be disgarded. So the notion that fat makes you fat is bogus.
Next are the dreaded carbs. Well here is the issue with carbs. Carbs do have the ability to be stored as fat. But here is the skinny on the carbs.
1.When carbs are consumed complex or simple it breaks down into glucose. Glucose is very toxic to the body! Say what? ..but this is the fuel we all use. Yes it is used as fuel but high glucose levels cause nerve damage. The problem with carbs is the they need to be used all at once or if cells in our bodies are saturated they have the ability to ignore insulin signaling thus this glucose is stored as fat. (insulin resistance)
Remember, because glucose is toxic it has to stay at a certain level in the body.
2.Our bodies will go to any lengths to keep glucose under control and will produce a huge amount of insulin to deal with this. So when ppl get fat rather quickly eating carbs it is caused by this process of having some insulin resistance, methabolic issues and over consuming carbs.
3.However, many ppl get hungry and want to eat more even though they are fat...common problem. That's simply because there is an imbalance in our methabolic process. In other words, fat is not released from fat deposits due to the insulin/glucagon imbalance. When insulin is a bit high that suporesses glucagon which is the primary signal for the body to release fat stores for energy.
Now, carbs are not bad to eat but once our bodies get into this insulin resistance and methabolic process issue these carbs are basically the worse thing you can eat.
Great discussion here.
Insulin can be a friend or foe unfortunately in our modern culture of eating its our foe many times.
Insulin can be a friend or foe unfortunately in our modern culture of eating its our foe many times.
It depends. In the context of a diet rich in vegetables and lacking processed foods they are probably not bad at all. The main issue is that most people's sources of grains and legumes are processed foods. To be specific with the exact problem with grains and legumes...They contain prolamins which are proteins that are difficult for humans to digest, gluten being one of them. IMO, long term high dosages of these foods coupled with a diet low in fiber will change the landscape of your gut microbiota in a very bad way. Like I said, in the context of a high fiber diet that is low in processed foods they are probably not a huge issue.
you are def on the right track with processed foods and gluten. I stopped eating grains 2 years ago and the difference was like night and day. Come to think of it most grains are processed. Any diegestive issues I had are all but gone along with heartburns. I really dont understand ppl's fascination with grains and eating a ton of carbs on general. They are not that good for you.
And gluten basically destroys your stomach lining as you said if too much is eaten.
And the last thing is that grains tend to mess with ones blood sugar and fat storage process.
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