A must-read for weight loss! How to eat sugar to lose weight?

"Is sugar a carbohydrate?" a friend asked suddenly during a conversation. "Well, sugar is a type of carbohydrate!" I didn't know what she wanted to ask, so I answered the question first. She then asked, "I know that rice and noodles contain sugar, and so does fruit... If I just eat less of these two, will I lose weight?"

After all this time, it turns out you just wanted to lose weight! I thought to myself. "But sugar is really just one type of carbohydrate! There are many other foods that have sugar!"

"Then...can I give up carbohydrates?" She blushed and stammered. "People on the Internet say that not eating sugar will make you thinner, so... I want to give it a try!" When I heard this, the corners of my mouth rose unconsciously, and I asked with a smile, "Then do you know what carbohydrates are?"

Her entire face turned red, like a thermometer inserted into hot water, and her blood pressure soared. "Haha, don't be nervous!" I grabbed a piece of paper and drew a circle.

"Come on, let's assume that this big circle is called carbohydrates, and another name for carbohydrates is 'sugars' with the '酉' character on the side. There are many small circles inside 'sugars', can you accept that?" She nodded, and I took that as if she accepted it!

"There are many small circles inside. For example, starch is found in foods such as pumpkin, sweet potato, red bean, vermicelli, rice and noodles. So many people think that skipping meals will help them lose weight. But when a family eats three sweet potatoes, they get fatter. Even nuts such as peanuts and almonds contain starch!"

"The next is fructose and glycogen. Many people only know that fruit contains fructose, but they don't know that some offal and fish eggs actually contain some glycogen."

"Is this the origin of the legend that eating only meat will not kill you?" she interrupted curiously.

"Yes, to be honest, at that time, no one analyzed in detail why some people would not die if they only ate meat and fish, so this story became a magical legend. However, from the current nutritional point of view, if you eat the internal organs and fish eggs at the same time, you will still eat some carbohydrates!"

"What if I don't eat all these? Can I give up carbohydrates?" she asked, pointing at the circle. "Hahaha, you think too much! In fact, even vegetables contain a certain amount of sugar, just not much!"

"What? Does that mean that even eating vegetables will make you fat?" She looked at me in disbelief with her face wide open.

"Of course not." I looked up at her. "In fact, the foods that should be avoided the most are snacks, such as biscuits, bread, and sauces. They are the real culprits of obesity." "Take Taiwan as an example. We separate fruits and juices. You can eat a moderate amount of fruit, but it is not recommended to drink juice, even if it is 100% pure canned juice. In foreign countries, most people regard fruit and juice as the same, so it is easy to gain weight."

"What? I always thought drinking fruit and vegetable juice was healthy, so I've been drinking it recently. No wonder I can't lose weight!" She sighed, seeming to regret her previous wrong weight loss method.

"Yes, the above are carbohydrates with calories. Next, let's talk about carbohydrates without calories."

"What? There are 'calorie-free carbohydrates'? Tell me about them quickly!" When she heard the words 'calorie-free carbohydrates', her eyes lit up instantly and she immediately put her head close to the paper.

"Miss, you're so close to me, I can't write!" She sat back in dismay, waiting for me to continue with excitement on her face.

"Next, there are things like 'indigestible maltodextrin' that is currently certified as a healthy food, the water-soluble fiber in wood ear mushrooms, and the insoluble fiber that is rich in green vegetable stems. Even 'oligosaccharides' with the word 'sugar' in them can be considered 'calorie-free carbohydrates'! Okay, I'm done!" After finally finishing the drawing, I stretched and straightened my back.

"So, how do I lose weight? Does it mean I should eat more 'calorie-free carbohydrates'?" she asked, not quite understanding. I sighed. "Do you have a habit of exercising? Or do you just sit and watch TV after get off work and eat? And even eat snacks?"

"Well, we were all sitting and watching Korean dramas!" she answered embarrassedly. "But I eat sugar-free cookies!"

"Sugar-free cookies mean they don't have 'sugar', but that doesn't mean they don't have 'starch' and 'calories'!" I spread my hands, "Okay, I'll give you three lessons. First, give up your snacks, even high-fiber cookies; second, stand while watching TV, whether it's a Korean drama, a Japanese drama, or a 8 o'clock drama, you have to stand when you watch it, jump and move when your feet are sore, or use a small stool to play up and down stairs; third, eat a full meal, and half of it should be vegetables."

"Deal?" I asked with raised eyebrows, not very patient. "But...okay." When she saw my face darken, she quickly copied the paper and pen next to her. "I... I'll write it down!" "Not only write it down, stick it on the wall." I muttered to myself as I watched her write.

Maybe she succumbed to my tyranny! After one month, I actually lost two kilograms!

This article comes from: Nutrition and Medical Network

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