When they decide to go on a diet, people usually eliminate carbohydrates first because they know that bread and pasta are fattening. But is it always like that?
Sometimes it is not only carbohydrates that are to blame for our line, but it is also affected by stress or lack of sleep. But, of course, the number one enemy of every organism is sugar, which we consume excessively without even realizing it. We mostly gain weight from the wrong combinations of foods that contain starch and sugar, which are the main culprits in the accumulation of pounds.
How do you know if you are really eating too many carbohydrates?
Dr. Hand van Tuleken advises a thirty-second test to check this.
"Take a regular cracker and start chewing it until it starts to change in taste, from mildly biscuity to quite sweet. If the taste changes in less than thirty seconds, your body is processing carbohydrates very well. But if the cracker doesn't change in 30 seconds taste, you should consider a diet with fewer carbohydrates," says this doctor and explains: "If you feel sweetness by the 14th second of chewing, your body processes carbohydrates very efficiently and uses them for energy, so you can take 250 grams a day , or about four slices of whole grain bread. If it takes 15 to 30 seconds for the taste to change, then 175 grams of carbohydrates a day is enough for you. But if it takes more than 30 seconds, then you shouldn't eat more of 125 grams per day."
This doctor says that not all carbohydrates are created equal, as some are very good for us and others are very bad for our body, because they make us fat, increase the risk of diabetes and even affect fertility.
"When I learned how to eat carbohydrates it was much easier to control my weight," he adds. His test is very simple, Nedeljnik reports.
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