Carb Coma

With two diabetic kids, you learn a lot about nutrition. Growing up it was meat, potatoes and a veggies. You eat carbs, your blood sugar spikes, you move the carbs burn off. Everything has carbs, I know, my kids count them, when they were young, I did. If there is a high fat content in the food, the carbs take longer. So losing weight, people reduce carbs and move more to get the desired results. This is not the case really. With all the crap they put in food, the balance is off. With the processed food, making life easier and the modifications for growing bigger and better a lot is lost.

Many people complain they are eating properly, reducing sweets and working out regularly but the weight doesn’t come off. Bodybuilders implement protein powders to build muscle, and what does that say about our food? Or our knowledge about it? Food is complicated. If you have a big plate of spaghetti and meatballs, you waddle off and have a nap. If you were to have the same amount of carbs in a lentil based meal, the calories are substantially lower. Fibre is missing in the modern diet. At one point during carb counting training it was suggested to subtract the fibre on the food label from the carb amount! Vegetables have no real carb value, fruit does, but it is real sugar. Well I hope it is, my son recently told me that the fruit this summer had less flavour although the fruit was bigger.

Half your plate should be fruit and veggies. Your fat and sugar should come from real food. Long gone are the days of Cream of Wheat and real oatmeal. Avocados nuts and humus home made, are better then the whipped up packages. Of course it comes down to time, but long life and more time given if you can implement the changes. Try a new journey this month, don’t wait for the new year, live to get old and healthy.