• "How carbs get used?"
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I've been told many times by different sources "media, online, magazines, etc." that carbs get turned to fat when you don't use them. What would happen if I ate 300 calories worth of carbs and then did nothing for about 3 hours? Would they get automatically turned to fat or would they get used very very slowly?
Alright I'm gonna try my best to explain this by memory. Simple carbs like Glucose and Fructose are metabolized very quickly so your body does almost no work to break it down. So if you ingest simple carbs and sit on a couch it will almost immediately turn in to fat. Basic carbs pretty much consist of any product that explicitly list "Sugars" separately from "Carbs," and anything that contains high fructose corn syrup. Complex carbohydrates, on the other hand, are... complex. Their molecular structure puts your body through a lot more work to break them down so it takes a lot longer to metabolize and provides your body with more sustenance as well as reducing the feeling of hunger for longer periods. Also, because of the work your body has to go through to metabolize these complex carbs, a LOT less of these complex carbs become fat at the end of the cycle. Complex carbs are in a lot of things like fruits. I know that wasn't exactly a wealth of information, but I hope that helps.
[url]http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/carbohydrate-and-fat-controversies-part-1.html/[/url] read this series. "carb scare" is a much ado about nothing by people who dont know what the fuck they are talking about. During the 80s and 90s it was the fat scare, now its the carb scare. Can't wait until they get to the protein scare. If you dont want to put on fat, stop overeating. Thats as simple as anyone can make it because thats how it works. If it takes you 2000 calories to maintain your bodily functions and your daily energy expenditure, and you eat 1800 calories of pure sugar, you wouldn't store even a bit of it. Thats an extreme example, but it should illustrate the point to you.
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