Mike Over| Guest columnist
Why going vegan may be worse for your body
Vegan diets are often praised for their health benefits, but science says there are also many potential drawbacks.
Buzz60
How many times have you heard the phrase carbs make you fat?
Our country has an obesity problem, but Im here to tell you that its not carbohydrates.
Give them some respect.
You see, carbs dont just give energy to the muscles. They also increase several factors that facilitate protein synthesis (muscle-building) like mTOR, IGF-1 and insulin while decreasing cortisol, which is catabolic and slows down muscle growth. Carbs also increase the amount of protein that can be used to build muscle rather than energy.
Additionally, when you train there is a significant need to rely on mobilized stored energy for fuel. When you use this energy you will have cortisol spikes because its role is to mobilize stored energy. The same applies when you are trying to use stored glycogen.
However, when you are in a caloric deficit and low on carbs, you run yourself into trouble quickly. While you might feel like you are on top of the mountain initially, you will eventually fall.
You know how at the beginning of a race or big presentation you start sweating without even starting?
This is because of what we call adrenaline. It is released along with cortisol and makes you feel like you can fight King Kong and conquer the world, BUT what makes this a slippery slope is chronically elevating it because constant adrenaline elevation desensitizes/down-regulates the beta-adrenergic receptors. You then will stop responding to your own adrenaline.
The simple fact is that higher carbs normally lead to lower adrenaline levels, which calms you down. The more anxious someone is, the less adrenaline he wants. Anxiety is the brain going too fast for you, and adrenaline is the main neurotransmitter that amps up the brain.
For these people a low-carb diet is a bad idea. They need higher carbs. Its not just about calories in versus calories out.
Yes, carbs increase insulin which inhibits fat oxidation but its not an exact reason why people gain weight on them.
Most people choose poor choices of carbs like cookies and pizza. Hate to break it to you but all these carb-loaded foods you are cutting out to slim down also have FAT! So when people go around saying they dropped 15lbs cutting out carbs.well, you just cut out more processed carbs that have carbs and fat.
Gaining or losing weight depends on the amount of fat that goes into adipose tissue vs how much that goes out of the tissue and is oxidized or burned.
Think of it this way: If fat storage is greater than fat burning, you are gaining body fat.
If fat storage is less than fat burning, you are losing body fat.
What sparks this? Calorie deficit and energy balance! Too many of us get suckered into thinking lower carb intake is the only way to lose weight, but its entirely false. It comes down to a caloric deficit, and if you have trouble getting into a deficit, you either are having a hard time tracking your food or you have been chronically dieting for years and have deeper issues affecting hormonal health.
A great way to think about it is when seeing these two scenarios:
So ultimately the fat burning and storage all comes down to ENERGY balance!
For someone on a low fat-high carb diet, it's like betting $100 on a race and getting $75 back in winnings.
Then the high fat-low carb person bet $1000 and won back $975.
Net balance is the same!
So the biggest thing you can do is stop stressing over insulin and carbs. Carbs are not the reason America is obese.
Eating MORE than you burn is.
Now, with that being said, can lower carb / higher carb be better for certain individualsabsolutely.
Thats why hiring a coach to course correct and be an asset to deciding if you should be following a certain plan or not. Many factors fall into place when dealing with these scenarios and its better to know than guess.
With Revive, the clients history and goals as well as hormone health are all involved before making dietary decisions.
So dont be too quick to Google the diet you want to follow and start tomorrow.
Its much more complicated than that, but if you want to Google anythingstart with some carb recipes because you can finally breathe and eat a darn piece of bread.
If you want more information about Revive and how I work, click here to schedule a free discovery call or head to my free Facebook group at http://www.mikeover.group.
Mike Over owns Over-Achieve Fitness in Chambersburg. Follow him on Instagram @mjo_oaf.
See the original post:
Mike Over: On a diet? Carbs and fat are not exclusive of each other - Public Opinion
