For so many years, people who make a diet plan reduce their intake of carbohydrates. They tried to avoid foods high in carbs. They believed that carbs could make you fat. The truth is almost every meal that we ate contains carbohydrates. So, is it true that carbs can make us fat? Is it bad for our health? Should we keep avoiding it?.

The answer to these questions will unfold as you read this article.



What is Carbohydrate?

Carbohydrates, also known as “Saccharides,” is a substance that helps our body have the energy we needed every day. It is commonly found in foods such as fruits and vegetables, starch, sugar, and milk.

The carbohydrate is consists of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.



Types of Carbohydrate:

Monosaccharides

The monosaccharides are sugar such as glucose, fructose, and galactose. Glucose is the sugar in our bodies. It is our cell’s major source of energy.

Fructose is the sugar that was produced by fruits and vegetables.

Galactose, are the sugar that was in milk and dairy products

Disaccharides

The disaccharide is also known as “bivose” or “double sugar.” It is two monosaccharides that were bound together by glycosidic linkage. Examples of disaccharides are lactose, maltose, and sucrose.

Lactose is a combination of glucose and galactose. Lactose is present in human and animal milk.

Maltose or “malt sugar” is formed when two glucose links together. Maltose is present in food like starch that was broken down or fermented by enzyme or yeast.



Polysaccharides

Polysaccharides are the same as disaccharides. They are both monosaccharides that were bound together by glycosidic linkage. The only difference between them is, polysaccharides bind more monosaccharides than disaccharides.

Is it true that Carbs can make you fat?



There’s so many low carb diet on the internet today such as the Keto diet, Atkins diet, and paleo diet. There is also a debate going on for over a decade about carbs making you fat. Some argue that people should lessen their intake of carbs, but some say that they should reduce the fat intake and not the carbs. So, which of them is correct?



The answer to this is Yes!, eating less carbohydrate can help you reduce body fat but still, carbohydrate doesn’t make you very fat, that is because unlike fatty food such as pork, beef, etc. Carbs can easily be burn. To understand this first, you need to know how carbohydrates work in your body.

When you eat food high in carbohydrates such as bread, your body converts that carbohydrate into glucose, which is needed by your cells for energy. When you move your body or exercise, you are already using the carbs that were converted into energy, that is why it is easy to burn carbohydrates.

Fatty food, on the other hand, is high in calories, unlike carbohydrates and proteins.

When you eat food high in calories, your body converts some of that calories into reserve energy or what you called fat.

The reason why the low carb diet work is because, when your body is low on glucose, your body is forced to use your fat as energy, hence resulting in a fat loss.

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