I've been hearing a lot lately that it isn't a good idea to be eating carbs basically anytime after lunch. Does this sound absurd to you? Because when I first heard it, I thought it was absolutely crazy, but then I thought about it and it makes sense. I don't know all the science behind this, but I thought about it in practical terms. Why are carbohydrates necessary? Simple, they provide the energy we need to function in virtually any capacity. Complex carbohydrates are great because they provide our bodies with energy for a longer period of time. The danger in carbohydrates is not using them, because they are then transformed into fat cells for long term storage (I guess that was a little more "sciencey" than I was hoping). Based on this information it makes sense that what we call carbs (complex carbohydrates) have no purpose after about midday. We simply do not need a lot of fuel for our nighttime activities.
So, I decided to try this out a bit and see how I felt. There was a drastic difference in the way my body felt on nights that I steered clear of carbs and nights I didn't. I think the most obvious difference was that when I ate carbs all throughout the day, I felt incredibly bloated by the time I headed to bed. Whereas, when I saved my carbs for strictly breakfast and lunch, my belly seemed to remain relatively flat for the whole day. Apart from that, I feel myself getting slightly thinner in general from enacting this practice. Try this out for yourself and let me know how you get on.
Post-it phrase of the day: "Don't wait for the perfect time to start because there never is a perfect time - start NOW!"
No comments:
Post a Comment