Who can resist the temptation of biting into a bar of rich chocolate or fight the urge to keep hands out of the cookie jar" All these treats satisfy intense sugar cravings, but they spell doom for your weight loss efforts because they are majorly made of refined carbs that health experts and dieticians warn you to stay away from if you are trying to get lean. Candies, white bread, pizza, doughnuts, cookies, burgers, chocolates, etc. have refined carbs that spike blood sugar and trigger an insulin response, and all the extra empty calories are tehn directed by insulin to be stored as fat in the body. The worse thing is that food with refined carbs (pizza, chocolates, cookies, biscuits, sweets, etc.) are highly addictive in nature since they spark up the reward center in the brain, and make trigger cravings for sugar and sweet stuff intense, and you keep craving for such food all through the day. On the other hand, complex carbs such as legumes, whole grains, vegetables, have comparatively lower glycemic index, get slowly digested, are high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals, and help with weight loss. For losing weight, it?s important that you eat the right kind of carbs, and cut down refined carbs as much as you can. Wondering how carbs can help you get lean and healthy, we list out 8 Changes in Body you Can See After Giving up Refined Carbs.
1. You Start Losing Weight: When you cut down carbs, especially refined carbs, the body starts to utilize stored fat to burn to...