Wha...?Worm wrote:Well he's at it that consumer knight better pick up some high carb stuff, as it is going the way of the dodo.
Low carb is a trend. And an unfortunate one. Grams of fat content obsession is another. Here's how it works with both of these:
Your body burns fat differently than it burns carbs. When it burns all the available carbs, it has to switch to the fat burning process. There's a small gap there where you're not burning much, just like when you gear shift a standard car. So, the theory is, if you eat no carbs, you're burning fat (or, calories) at a higher rate because you're skipping that small gap. So people eat all this low carb shit, thinking they're gold, when the stupid fools don't realize that they may be burning fat, but eating more calories than you burn off is just going to turn the extra right back into fat. Let me say that again: EATING MORE CALORIES THAN YOU BURN WILL JUST TURN THE EXTRA BACK INTO FAT.
As for fat gram obsession: fat is the densest form of food, with 9 calories per gram. As opposed to water with 0, or sugar with whatever it is in between, or anything else. So, if you have 2 unidentified masses of food in front of you at a party, or on a buffet, you can assume that the least fat food has the least calories. Fair enough. However, when you're at the grocery store, or a fast food restaurant, where you KNOW the number of calories you're getting, THE FAT CONTENT DOES NOT MATTER. If something is 800 calories with 4 grams of fat, IT IS WORSE than something with 300 calories and 26 grams of fat. If you want to eat healthy (i.e. no fat), eat fruit. If you want to lose weight, EAT LESS CALORIES THAN YOU BURN, BECAUSE THE REST WILL TURN INTO FAT.
People think they if they eat low carb, they're going to get thin. If they count fat grams, they're going to get thin. They need to EAT LESS. PERIOD. The only thing that matters is calories.
