Are Carbohydrates or Protein Making You Fat?

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High Protein, Low Carbs, these signs are just almost everywhere. Interestingly, many of these new century products have been reporting low sales. Why? People are awakening and realizing about the difficulty of sticking to unbalanced meals and sometime spending triple the money for a product that is not delivering permanent results but extra calories. Contradicting? Yes, it certainly is. Reality is that protein and carbs are needed for proper functioning. One cannot say "all carbs are bad," neither "protein is bad."

Carbohydrates are important because they function as body fuel. For example, if you have been following a low-carb diet, sometimes you feel tired, dizzy, and without energy. You need moderate carbohydrates to replenish your body nutrients. Similarly, protein is important for proper body functioning, including good skin, hair, muscle recovery, and so on. Bottom line, balance of carbs and protein function as a loving pair to help our bodies be in shape.


Myth: Do not eat carbohydrates they will make you fat!

Really? Yes and No. Listen, is not that carbohydrates make you fat, but consuming excess of carbohydrates, such as pasta, bread, rice, potatoes, and not exercising is what make you fat. So what can I do?

Solution: Hence, if you have been craving for your pasta, rice, or a baked potato. Cheer up because they are not your enemies! Have you wondered why you don't see many fat people in Italy where pasta and pizza are consumed almost daily, whereas in the U.S. as reported lately, over 60% are overweight including children?

How could this be? One of the blaming points is "meal size servings." Comparing a traditional Italian pasta serving with the crazy super size pasta portions served in most American restaurants it takes no brainer to know why are we so overweight. The real enemy is not carbs but wrong eating habits or lack of exercising to use those carbs. Hence, you can consume moderate portions and do your exercises. How moderate? Well, your carbs consumptions depend on your type of metabolism, how often you exercise plus the intensity and time.

Preferably, you can consume starch carbs for lunch. You will have all afternoon to burn calories. Just avoid eating pasta, rice, potatoes late at night, especially before going to bed. Why? You will risk the danger of converting those extra carbs into stored fat, if not used. But, yes, there is always a but or the exception breaking the rule.

If you do your heavy workout before dinner, then, you need to consume carbs… even though is late. Fact is that post training requires carbohydrates to help muscle building and recover energy. If you are a little bit confused on how this works, I will strongly suggest you to read some fitness analyses to understand how our metabolism works. Believe me, reading, questioning, and not taking anything for granted have helped me understand about the functioning of the metabolism. This is why I don't see "my pasta" as the enemy, but as "my body fuel friend." Woww just awesome!

Until next time, let me just happily go singing my "O Sole Mio" while going to prepare my favorite pasta dish: the traditional "Pasta all'aglio, olio, e pepperoncino." It is pasta time! Again, secret is moderation. Naturally, I will also have my red glass of Chianti wine.

Therefore, let me make the toast "For your Successful Weight Loss Plan, as Your Commitment is also My Commitment, "Official! Overweight? NO MORE!" We can do it! !"

Cheers and Buon Appetito!
 
 

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