can someone explain carbs to me?

there are complex carbs, and there are simple carbs

complex carbs is food energy in a complex form that requires your body and chemicals to break them down into simple sugars for use as a fuel in your body

example of this is fresh veggies,fruits,whole grains

or anything un processed form ,

your body uses calories just to break these forms down into calories

Simple carbs are refined sugars they are easy for your body to consume/store they have been processed like the sugars/carbs in beer, they need little or no processing by the body to get into the system anything that has been processed I call simple carbs

examples candy's ,bread, pasta, any kind of refined or even

unrefined sugar

the sugars/carbs in your beer have been processed several times over.

You Don't use it, you lose it.

complex carbs is what I call good carbs, your body needs to produce insulin to break these carbs down.

thus it makes insulin

Simple carbs on the other hand doesn't require so much insulin. so your body doesn't need to make so much. to digest these carbs

If you don't use it, You lose it

first off the main part of your diet should be lean proteins, first, carbs second. the only carbs that can make you gain weight is the carbs in sugar. when you look at the food label, look and see how much of the carbs is sugar. if more than 50% of it is sugar, i'd avoid it. there are two different types of carbs, excluding sugar. you have your fibrous and your starchy carbs. how much you consume is based on your body. you should consume both. if you're not sure, do half starchy and half fibrous. females should consume no less than 100g of carbs/day and males no less than 150g/day. the best source of starchy carbs are the all natural ones, i.e. oatmeal (non-sweetened or packaged), shredded wheat cereal (non sweetened), and kashi cereals, potatoes, yams, brown rice, and other whole wheat/grain products. fibrous carbs consists of: broccolli, lettuce, green beans, collards, etc. for more info, google and consult "burn the fat, feed the muscle" chapters 11 and 12. it's an awesome book! hope this helps!

If you are on a no-carb diet then you are to consume no-carbs, however even Atkins allowed 20 per day during their Induction phase. It's not only VERY hard, but also very unhealthy to eat zero carbs.

The problem with low carb diets (I've done Atkins twice) is that although you can lose weight like crazy, when you get off the diet it reappears like magic,

Stick to a healthy, well balanced diet to include complex carbs (healthy ones) and other good foods...and exercise. Gimmick diets are just that, gimmicks. They are worthless long term.

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This website gives a great explanation.

http://www.carbsexplained.com/