Quote: (09-05-2014 02:45 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
Quote: (09-05-2014 10:30 AM)RexImperator Wrote:
Wait a second... A large bowl of oatmeal IS a lot of carbs, actually.
I wrote about this point more than 300 posts ago in this thread. Throwing around the word "carbs" is almost meaningless, except to the degree that it means that you are not discussing protein or fat. You must clarify what type of carbs (i.e., simple or complex carbohydrates). You can eat as many complex carbohydrates (i.e., good carbs) as you want without any ill effect.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-26298-...#pid699114
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Please . . . will everyone begin using some accuracy in their discussions (not just JayJuanGee). Instead of saying carbs, say "refined foods" or "denatured foods." Carbohydrates also include complex carbohydrates, such as vegetables, fruits, and whole grains -- things that are good for you. Simple carbohydrates are the problem, not complex carbohydrates. It is absolutely essential to know the difference.
No one heeded my advice.
We are probably NOT going to get agreement on the extent to which carbs are good for you or bad for you or the extent to which some kinds of carbs can be differentiated from other carbs.. I mean we probably are NOT going to even get agreement about how to frame these carb related issues, so it seems.
There does seem to be some consensus that cutting back processed foods is a good thing; however, guys here seem to attribute such good thing in cutting processed foods to varying reasons, though.
Personally, even though I understand what you are saying, TailGunner, regarding the complex versus simple dichotomy of carbs, I get the sense that making that distinction and then suggesting that we can eat as much complex carbs as we like is a bit misleading. Some guys tolerate carbs better than others, and the combining of foods could cause a greater impact upon a guy's total carb load than he had realized. And, eating complex carbs is NOT going to solve this problem very well because guys are going to still have varying glucose level reactions to the carbs depending upon their tolerance and even insulin resistance levels that likely have evolved over the years of their lives.
I do get the sense that there is a hierarchy of carbs, though, and eating foods in their whole and natural state or close to that with some cooking can be a good thing.
I am NOT really into the thinking that various whole food carbs, whether oatmeal or various vegetables or fruits are nutritious in the same way that proteins and fats are - however, there seem to be some micronutrients and enzymes and prebiotics (in the form of resistance starch) contained in some of these whole food carbohydrates that overall facilitate health and allow the body to absorb nutrients better by facilitating digestion and to form and maintain good gut flora.
Overly sugary foods tend to interfere with good bodily nutrition absorption processes and even some of the bad oils contained in many processed foods also interfere with good bodily nutrition absorption processes.
As the
butter can make your pants fall off video that I posted above suggested, if your body is having difficulties absorbing the nutrients from the food, then it will store those nutrients as fat and make it difficult to lose belly fat and even cause increasing accumulation of belly fat.