Fats are notorious in weight loss circles as a category of foods that can make you obese, but on the contrary, healthy fats are absolutely necessary for shedding weight; the main culprit with regards to obesity is “bad carbs.” Recent papers from NIN (National Institute of Nutrition) advocates cutting down on the wrong kind of carbs from daily diet to prevent diabetes and to boost immunity levels. This particular category of carbs is not good for the waistline because the body tends to convert them into visceral fat (a kind of fat that is stored around the abdomen) which increases the waistline. Bad carbs cause insulin spikes and are considered to be a pre-cursor to many diseases including diabetes and high sugar levels and that?s what makes them the villain when we speak about weight loss. But we are stressing here on “bad carbs,” not any kind of carbs because not all of them are bad for weight loss. Before we go completely low on carbs, this category of food can be further divided into good carbs and bad carbs.
What are Carbohydrates"
Carbohydrates are the primary source of energy that provides fuel to our body to run its normal day-to-day activities. Carbohydrates are made of sugar, starch and cellulose and when they break down, they release energy. Our body needs ? protein, minerals, vitamins, trace elements, fats, and most importantly, carbs to get energy to perform its day-to-day activities. When carbs go missing from our daily diet, the b...