Hi, im 16, 5'6'', and 125, trying to be 120. I hear all this stuff about low-carb diets and not eating any carbs. What is a carb and should i care? Cause i love my pasta.
http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/ carbs.html
Frankly you are already at a healthy weight. If you are not happy with your body I would suggest some strength training to change your body composition and lose inches instead of losing lbs.
Original Post by helenaherndon:
Hi, im 16, 5'6'', and 125, trying to be 120. I hear all this stuff about low-carb diets and not eating any carbs. What is a carb and should i care? Cause i love my pasta.
yes you should care???
All food has engergy, the calorie, and all food and calories are composed of 3 main macro-nutrients, protein, carbohydrates, and fat.
carbs are the macro-nutriants that the body breaks down into sugars (glucose and fructose). They are in the main macro-nutriant in grains and legumes- Also 100% of what sugar is (sucrose, i.e. half glucose half fructose).
Low carb diets are basically a way to create caloric deficits by eliminating food groups, AND/OR fix some type of insulin resistance/metobolic derangement, or simply put, fix bad hormone response to food created from a diet of processed carbs and high sugar for too long.
If you want to lose a few pounds and eat pretty healthy, just eat lots of meat, fruits and veggies... nothing else... google "Paleo", about as healthy a "low carb" diet as you can get...
