It used to be that you'd never see a diet as ridiculous as the "low-carb phenomenon" in the United States. Now, every restaurant, grocery store, and fast-food chain is catering to this boring preference, and even the companies that make soda and beer are investing heavily in developing "low-carb beverages" and tapping into this market. Businesses are catching on to this trend regardless of whether they are good for you or not. This is an incorrect trend.
Carbohydrates are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and they play a vital role in providing the body with the energy it needs. Without them, we become lethargic and lifeless. However, all carbohydrates are not created equal. They are categorized into two types: one is a single carbohydrate and the other is a complex carbohydrate.
The body absorbs single carbohydrates as easily as toilet paper absorbs water. Single carbohydrates consist mainly of sugar, and these sugars are quickly supplemented and released into the body, causing the body's sugar content to rise and then quickly fall. The result is that we feel hungry easily, and of course we eat more.
On the other hand, complex carbohydrates are made up of starch and fiber, which are gradually absorbed by the body and provide the body with more stable energy. These types of carbohydrates always make us feel full and very satisfied, and are also easily broken down and release energy.
Lower, single carbohydrates, include refined flour, refined pasta (durum couscous), refined rice, and refined sugar. These foods are not good for the body; they are like a bunch of bad boys that make all carbohydrates notorious. Some food manufacturers believe that if their foods aren't refined and soft, consumers won't buy them. So, they take natural foods like brown rice and whole wheat flour and remove the vitamins and minerals they originally contained to achieve a change in color and texture to cater to the masses.
This refining process removes the nutrients from the food just for its shiny, delicate appearance. Manufacturers then add some nutrients to the various processed and finely ground foods, and then write the words "concentrated" or "enhanced" on their packaging. But trying to fool nature with these tricks is not possible, the human body is not easy to absorb such minerals added artificially.
Unfortunately, most of the rice, bagels, breads, cookies, and cakes are processed in such a way that they are no longer pure and contain too many artificial ingredients. After eating these foods, you need to pay careful attention to how your body feels, which means paying attention to when you need to stabilize your fluctuating moods, as well as regulate your unstable energy.
Don't be afraid, nature is still very generous, and there are very many complex carbohydrates that will make you never miss those pesky single carbohydrates that are causing you harm. We can get our nutrients by eating potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, barley, corn, brown rice, soybeans, hummus, lentils, quinoa (a grain that Mr. Shi Yongliang mentioned in his class), millet, pasta made with brown rice, whole-wheat flour, and vegetables. We should savor the delicious taste of breads, cookies, and muffins made from whole wheat flour or other grains. Also, do not forget vegetables and fruits, which provide the body with vitamins, minerals and fiber.
We should eat fruit regularly. The most intolerable thing is that people who are obsessed with single carbohydrates resist eating fruit. Fruit, a complex carbohydrate, is quite possibly the most perfect food available. It is unique in that it requires almost no work from the gut to be digested. Fruit is rich in enzymes that pass through the body effortlessly, providing fiber, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, and cancer-fighting tannins and flavonoids. Due to the large amount of water in the fruit, it also hydrates the body, which in turn serves to help people cleanse their bodies, detoxify, and remove waste.
If we eat the fruit alone, it performs its function best and the nutrients from the fruit are easily and quickly absorbed by the body.
If the fruit is eaten with other foods, it is not quickly absorbed by the body, causing it to remain in the stomach until it rots and ferments, leaving people with hiccups, bloating and heartburn. To avoid these problems, nutrition experts recommend that people should eat fruit on an empty stomach, as their first meal of the day, and 30 minutes after eating fruit before eating anything else. We know that this requirement is too hard for people and if you are not ready to tackle this challenge, that's okay, it can be just an option for you.
So all the poor people like you standing on the rooftops shouting that you can eat bread and fruit together are really sending a wrong idea to others.