I read that a carb is a carb and if it fits your macros then don’t worry. But then I also read that sugar is terrible for you and you should eat complex carbs because of blood sugar levels. Whats this all about? Blood sugar, glucose, insulin, and diabetes? Can someone ELI5?
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>I read that a carb is a carb and if it fits your macros then don’t worry
If you’re not diabetic, this is sound advice.
>But then I also read that sugar is terrible for you and you should eat complex carbs because of blood sugar levels.
The devil is in the dose. Too much of anything is bad for you, including water. The people that demonize sugar are often keto fanatics and they never state the dose they’re talking about. Diabetics should be educated about their disease separately, including close monitoring of their BG levels.
All sugars fall under carbohydrates. The recent demonizing of them is a sad trend by the uneducated chemophobic nitwits that inhabit twitter and facebook. Were their claims about carbs remotely true, large regions of asia that consume ungodly amounts of rice(carb) would see tremendously damaging effects. They don’t.
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