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A carbohydrate diet can help you get slimmer
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
The idea that carbohydrates are dangerous enemies of a slim figure is in fact just a myth, which the dietary bestseller "The Carb Lovers Diet" is designed to dispel. In this book, you will find maximum information about carbohydrates.
This book was a revelation, because recently people who wanted to lose weight did not allow themselves to eat bread, pasta, or potatoes, but it turned out that not only does this not harm the figure, but on the contrary, makes it slim and fit.
How does this happen?
Carbohydrates are not all the same. For example, simple carbohydrates such as glucose, sucrose and fructose are the main source of energy for the body and are easily digested. In order to recharge, you need to drink a cup of sweet tea or eat a donut. However, anything that is superfluous, and superfluous is anything that exceeds 100 grams per day, can lead to excess weight gain or obesity.
Complex carbohydrates, getting into our body, are absorbed longer. These include dextrins and starch.
Nutritionists from the USA, having studied the process of splitting complex carbohydrates, came to the conclusion that they are useful, in particular starch, namely resistant starch RS resistant starch. Our body does not have enzymes capable of splitting it, so it acts as fiber, improving digestive function and stimulating the formation of fatty acids. And this in turn promotes the burning of fat in the abdominal area, which helps a person lose weight, while leaving muscle mass in place.
This type of starch is found in beans, potatoes, durum wheat pasta, and legumes.
In order to lose weight while enjoying your favorite potato and pasta dish, knowledge of the existence of this type of starch is not enough. In order for the cherished dream of most people to come true - to eat deliciously and lose weight - a clear system of dietary nutrition is needed, which would take into account not only the chemical composition of daily consumption products, but also their method of preparation, quantity, combination with other products, as well as the amount of calorie consumption and energy expenditure during the day.