Do we need to avoid carbohydrate to stay fit
Hey people of the world! Great to see that you are interested in taking a step towards healthy lifestyle. Carbohydrates have been in this long journey of being judged by many of us ever since humanity started thinking around health or about staying fit or following a good diet. However, do we need to avoid carbohydrate to stay fit is a question that will go on and on until we homo sapiens have achieved our fitness goals.
Carbohydrate is an important macro nutrient for our body. So let’s look into our lives in detail before blaming this great guy.
If you think or know that you have been following an amazing routine workout everyday tired to the core and sweating out the most and making sure that you don’t see that belly fat increasing then you must not blame the carbs at all. Now, next is to deep dive and see if you sleep well enough so that you know that you wake up super fresh and all energetic every morning. If that is going well then carbs cannot be blamed too for your non-reducing belly. Well! in case we are consuming more portion of carbs than required for our body then we should blame ourselves.
Next is we need to focus on what kind of life do we live; is it active, sedentary or inactive. Depending on our lifestyle we need to make sure we consume the right quantity of food be it carbohydrate, protein, fat, fiber or even vitamins and minerals. Cause if you live an inactive life you might as well control your portion size according to your body requirements.
Now you must be thinking how much carbs do I consume if I live an active lifestyle Vs a sedentary. Well, that again depends on you current BMI (body mass index).
According to studies carbs intake should be between 45 to 65 % of your total calorie intake divided by 4. Also, if you are not working out which means muscles are not moved to utilize the fuel in form of carbs, then try eating lesser carbs. Avoid refined form of grains and sugar. Include whole grain in your diet. Fruits, legumes, vegetables can also provide healthy carbs and they don’t tend to make you fat as compared to the refined ones. To know about our friendly carbs as a macro-nutrient read here: https://www.eatworkfit.com/health/macronutrient-diet-planner/.
If you still think you have been doing all the right things just like you read here, then peep into your mind and think if you also live a stress free life. Stress can be a big game changer here for us all while we are trying to reduce weight or maintain that fit body we achieved. Stress, be it emotional stress or physical stress can both change our path that we think is taking us towards that fit body. Stress releases cortisol and trust me that cortisol promotes fat deposition. Stress does not do any good as it only make us go for all the bad choices like sugar, fat, unhealthy food or those packaged snacks.
Conclusion, if you have full control over your sleep hours, stress, and follow a daily workout routine you need not avoid carbohydrates and must limit intake as per your calorie requirements only.
However, if you are someone who is suffering from any specific illness that needs to avoid carbohydrates completely as per doctors instruction please follow as prescribed.
Eat Healthy Stay Fit!
