Don"t Eat Carbs After "X" O"Clock
This is something that I've been meaning to write about for a long time because this is just about the most ignorant dietary myth that is still around and I hear it over and over again.
"Don't eat carbs after 'X' o'clock.
" I mean how many of you have heard this before or think this is true? That it is bad to eat carbs after 6, 7, 8, 10 o'clock at night or even midnight? Well, I'm here to change that.
People believe that since they are closer to sleeping they should curtail carbohydrate intake, this is simply ludicrous.
Carbohydrates at night don't make you fat; too many total calories make you fat.
Additionally, if you train at night you NEED those carbohydrates to properly recover and start glycogen re-synthesis (stored carbs in the body that convert to glucose in the blood stream).
Insulin sensitivity is high after a workout, so it's okay to eat a high amount of carbs at this time and not worry about storing excess carbs into fat.
If you are not training at night or your living a sedentary lifestyle, you should eat a moderate serving of complex carbs (oatmeal, sweet potatoes, bran cereal, low-fat popcorn, brown rice, etc.
) about the size of your fist with a lean protein source before bed.
These carbs will be assimilated in a slower manner and keep you fuller for that 6-8 hour sleeping fast that you are about to enter.
Complex carbs before bed will also help spare muscle protein while you sleep.
Also, your body will synthesize these carbs into glucose (blood sugar levels) and store it into your muscle cells, instead of your fat cells.
On the contrary, if you eat a huge serving of simple carbs (white carbs, sweets, candy, etc) without a lean protein source at night, then your insulin levels will rise, as well as your glucose levels and there will be nothing else to balance it with, so that sugar from the simple carbs will be stored into your fat cells by the insulin and generally shift the whole body into a fat storage mode.
This is something you definitely do not want before you go to sleep.
Also, keep in mind everyone's body and metabolism is different.
Some can handle more carbs, some simply can't.
I really don't know where people got this notion of not being able to eat carbs after 'X" o'clock.
I've never came across a study or research that has proven facts to this myth.
So, stop being Carbophobic and cutting carbs out after 'X' times because you're missing out on crucial calories and nutrients that your body could be assimilating.
Carbs at night don't make you fat; too many total calories make you fat.
"Don't eat carbs after 'X' o'clock.
" I mean how many of you have heard this before or think this is true? That it is bad to eat carbs after 6, 7, 8, 10 o'clock at night or even midnight? Well, I'm here to change that.
People believe that since they are closer to sleeping they should curtail carbohydrate intake, this is simply ludicrous.
Carbohydrates at night don't make you fat; too many total calories make you fat.
Additionally, if you train at night you NEED those carbohydrates to properly recover and start glycogen re-synthesis (stored carbs in the body that convert to glucose in the blood stream).
Insulin sensitivity is high after a workout, so it's okay to eat a high amount of carbs at this time and not worry about storing excess carbs into fat.
If you are not training at night or your living a sedentary lifestyle, you should eat a moderate serving of complex carbs (oatmeal, sweet potatoes, bran cereal, low-fat popcorn, brown rice, etc.
) about the size of your fist with a lean protein source before bed.
These carbs will be assimilated in a slower manner and keep you fuller for that 6-8 hour sleeping fast that you are about to enter.
Complex carbs before bed will also help spare muscle protein while you sleep.
Also, your body will synthesize these carbs into glucose (blood sugar levels) and store it into your muscle cells, instead of your fat cells.
On the contrary, if you eat a huge serving of simple carbs (white carbs, sweets, candy, etc) without a lean protein source at night, then your insulin levels will rise, as well as your glucose levels and there will be nothing else to balance it with, so that sugar from the simple carbs will be stored into your fat cells by the insulin and generally shift the whole body into a fat storage mode.
This is something you definitely do not want before you go to sleep.
Also, keep in mind everyone's body and metabolism is different.
Some can handle more carbs, some simply can't.
I really don't know where people got this notion of not being able to eat carbs after 'X" o'clock.
I've never came across a study or research that has proven facts to this myth.
So, stop being Carbophobic and cutting carbs out after 'X' times because you're missing out on crucial calories and nutrients that your body could be assimilating.
Carbs at night don't make you fat; too many total calories make you fat.
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