Differences Between Carb, Fat And Protein Calories
- At March 22, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Food calories are not equal. Each has specific functions. This video shares the functions and differences between carbohydrate, fat, and protein food calories.
In this video:
• What is a calorie? 00:46
• Sources of food calories. 1:24
• How your body uses carbohydrates. 2:24
• How your body uses protein. 7:11
• How your body uses fat. 8:39
• Are fat calories superior to carb calories? 10:35
• Listen to YOUR body not celebrity fad diet hype. 11:36
Total & Net Carbs For Over 130 Foods & Beverages
- At January 28, 2021
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Health & Wellness
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Some low carb diets limit daily carbohydrates to 50 grams a day or less. A keto diet may limit carbs to 5 percent of total calories.
Carbohydrates come from plant foods that are high in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and 1000’s of plant chemicals (phytochemicals).
To allow low carb dieters to eat more carbs, some diets use net carbs. Net carbs subtracts fiber and sugar alcohols from total carbs. Fiber and sugar alcohols do not increase blood glucose like sugar and starch.
Most natural foods have little or no sugar alcohols. Sugar alcohols are used to make highly processed low carb foods like protein and energy bars, cookies, cakes, and candy. Foods most people should limit from any diet.
Good Carbs vs. Bad Carbs Part II
- At January 28, 2019
- By Daniel
- In New Video
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Some American fad diets demonize carbohydrates; sugars and starches.
They either severely restrict or totally eliminate refined carbohydrates, primarily refine white flour and sugar, but also starchy white potatoes and rice.
Why should Americans eliminate refined carbs when billions of people around the world rely on them for their major source of glucose?
The answer is simple, it is easier to ask dieters to give up carbohydrate rich foods instead of educating them about how they can enjoy these foods (cakes, cookies, pies, pastries and more) and still loose weight.
Part Two of this two part series looks at:
- What is considered normal and high blood glucose
- How prepared & restaurant foods not only provide too many calories they provide too many refined carb calories
A diet high in refined carbohydrates can cause blood glucose spikes, insulin resistance, and type-2 diabetes.
