What Do Carbohydrates Do to Human Body? Discover the Truth About Good and Bad Carbs

Through the media you can always here terms like no carb diet or low carb diet, sometimes you hear that carbs are good for you and sometimes you here that they are really bad causing you being overweight.

But no matter what anybody says, your body really needs the carbs. They produce glucose which gives us energy. Not only this energy feeds our brain, but also our muscles. If you want to know what carbohydrates do, just take a look at cars driving around. They need also energy to move us around and they take it from gas. Our body takes it from glucose.

It's that simple.

Now you know we need this form of energy to keep us going like energizer bunnies. What many are confused is about the bad carbs and good carbs.

So what do carbohydrates do for our body exactly?

I will not over complicate things, but you need to know that bad carbs are the ones that turn quickly to glucose. That will cause our insulin levels up, you will feel a cool energy burst, but after while you will feel tired.

For normal person this burst is not healthy and its main cause people are overweight. And the reason is because the energy does not keep you going and your body will ask for more of this energy - therefore you will eat a lot more of bad carb choices.

Sample of foods containing these bad carbs is everything with processed sugar like coke, white bread, cookies, chocolate, cakes etc...

Good carbs have the ability to keep you full for longer period of time. So when you ingest this good carbohydrates, your body will time-release the energy needed for certain activity. This way, you will have feeling that you are full even after two hours or more.

When you eat these good carbohydrates your metabolism levels are always in fat burning mode rather then fat storing mode. So if you eat smaller foods containing good sugars, you will burn fat, have great energy and never feel tired again.

The best good carbs are the ones having small to medium levels of Glycemic Index or GI. Like whole wheats, nuts, cantaloupe, carrots etc... You can find a lot of books about all the food in glycemic index.

As you can see what do carbohydrates do for our bodies is extremely important if you know which ones are good and which ones are bad. We need carbohydrates to function properly so do not listen those weight loss gurus who want to keep you on low carb diet.

Like for example Atkins Diet.

You will get really cranky and will not have enough energy to help you finish your daily tasks. That is very big No-No for your health and well-being. And most people will not even like to be around you.

So please, forget everything you have heard about low or no carbohydrate diets. They work at first, but you will change your body composition and will regain your weight back very fast.