When people in general tend to diet, the first thing they do is to try and cut down on their carbohydrate and fat intake. What they do not realise is that not all carbohydrates and fats are bad. In fact, some carbohydrates and fats can actually assist in losing weight and help you in achieving a lean physique. We will get to the benefits of fats in the next section.
The problem with today’s carbohydrates is that they are highly processed in order to give them a longer shelf life. Staple foods based on wheat, corn, oats and rice, have the original grains ground down to produce a minuscule particle size. The finer the particle size the tastier the food normally is, and this in turn also increases the shelf life.
You may ask yourself what is wrong with that. Well, highly refined foods create poor insulin management. They are too rapidly absorbed and overflow the bloodstream with sugar (glucose). Over-consumption of refined foods can lead to incidences of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases over time.
Carbohydrates and Muscle Building
