Question

questions 1, 2, and 3

1) Why do you think that carbohydrates have been blamed on the obesity epidemic in this country? 2) Do you believe that carbohydrates should be a part of a healthy diet? Why or why not? What types of carbohydrates should be avoided and/or included in a healthy diet? 3) Did you learn anything this week about carbohydrates that will influence your personal food choices in the future?

Answer 1

1. Carbohydrates are the main driver of excess body fat by causing fluctuations in blood sugar that increase appetite. Increasing blood sugar causes insulin secretion that drives sugar into cells. What is not burned for energy or stored in the muscles and liver becomes stored fat through lipogenesis. Body fat is hormonally active and causes the four problems of the metabolic syndrome: dyslipidemia, elevated blood sugar, elevated blood pressure and overweight/obesity. There is a genetic contribution to all this but the ill effects of carbohydrate intake beyond our energy needs are universal. Excess sugar converted into fat storage reduces LDL particle size and stimulates inflammatory changes in blood vessels leading to atherosclerosis.

2. Yes , I believe that all the macronutrients and micronutrients should be the part of our diet but according to the healthy limits per day . Low carbohydrate diet with rich protein and saturated fat shoul be taken in our diet .

3. Yes , ofcourse I used to have more carbs than protein in my diet and it was the cause of my increasing weight and now I will look into my carbs for reducing my weight .