Consult the chart below to find out when to eat each of the three main types of carb foods.
Carb type | Examples | When to eat |
Fiber-rich | Vegetables (e.g., broccoli, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, celery, cucumber, lettuce, green pepper, pumpkin, Spring Onins, onion, cabbage, etc.) Peas Beans Legumes Most fruits | Eat often, and any time of day (especially for veggies) |
Starchy | Sprouted whole grain breads Corn Sprouted grain pasta Yams/sweet potatoes Oats Long grain rices | During the 3 hours or so after exercise |
Refined sugary | Desserts Fruit juice Processed foods Soda Sports drinks Most commercial nutrition bars Dates, figs, raisins, dried fruits | Eat rarely, and during the 3 hours after exercise. |
Ultimately when making your carb choices, it advisable to always replace "WHITE" with "BROWN": this is the first time in a world of racial discrimination that it is
generally accepted that "Brown" is better than "white". Here, most of our food is
full of carbs hence our large and proud bellys. White bread, white rice, flour spaghetti,
garri, e.t.c are all major culprit in belly fat. While it is almost difficult to eliminate
entirely the consumption of these food type, i advice you reduce it, replace it with the
healthier version and sometimes alternate. Thankfully we now have brown rice, whole
grain spaghetti, whole grain bread, and wheat swallow in Nigeria
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