Diet Secrets: Never Mix These Two Things

Have you ever heard that you should avoid carbohydrates if you’re trying to lose fat? Well, it’s not quite straight forward as that. You should limit them, and only go for the unprocessed, fibrous variety like sweet potatoes, yam, brown rice, rolled oats, quinoa and lentils. However, the amount of carbohydrates required will depend on the individual.

That said, there is one simple rule that you should ALWAYS stick to, and that’s this:

Never Mix Fat and Carbs

In other words, limit your fat intake whenever you’re eating carbs.

The reason for this is simple. When you consume fat, fatty acids are released into the blood stream. When you consume carbohydrates, the anabolic hormone insulin is released in to the blood stream. Fatty acids + insulin = fat storage.

On top of that, insulin also causes certain fatty acid “transporters” to activate within the body’s fat cells, making fat storage even easier. Essentially, the “deadly combination” that is always best to avoid is having high levels of fatty acids and high levels of the anabolic hormone insulin (caused by carbohydrate consumption) in the blood stream simultaneously. How can you avoid this? Avoid eating fat with carbs, and vice versa.

Here’s a good rule of thumb:

If the meal contains a significant amount of fat, limit your carbohydrate intake to less than 10 grams in that meal.

If you are eating carbs, the fat amount ideally should be less than 5 grams in that meal.

Simply by avoiding carbs and fat in the same meal (without even having to change the amount of food and/or calories you’re eating), you will create a more efficient fat-burning hormonal environment in your body and you will begin seeing faster results.