Tuesday Tip: Reasons to eat Carbs

Tuesday Tip: Reasons to eat Carbs 🥖

When trying to lose weight, thanks to diet culture out there on social media, people often feel they need to stop eating carbs. To lose weight you need to be in a calorie deficit – and yes of course, reducing carbs may well result in weight loss if it reduced your calories but you definitely don’t need to. In fact there are lots of reasons why you should be sure you are eating carbs.

If you enjoy bread, rice, potatoes, fruit, veg then cutting that out is not going to help you stick to lower calories or sustain that diet long term. Carbs really aren’t the devil and there’s nothing inherently fattening about them (many scientific studies support this).

It’s vital that you do eat carbs – for one they’re the main source of energy for the body – cutting them out will result in reduced energy and focus. They’re particularly important for brain function. Carb consumption helps promote better sleep, improve gut bacteria, and digestive tract health and they are only 4 calories per gram (compared to 9 calories per gram for fat). Possibly most importantly they taste good and the emotional impact of foods should never be underestimated.

So please, don’t cut carbs, you can lose weight and eat them!

Happy Tuesday 🤗

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