Benefits of carbohydrate restriction
Hello! I'm the owner of Fusubon.
This time, we will consider the benefits of limiting carbohydrate intake.
There are three main benefits to limiting carbohydrate intake:
There are three main benefits to limiting carbohydrate intake.① Prevents sudden rises and falls in blood sugar levels and suppresses inflammation in the blood vessel walls
The second one is,② The ketone body cycle allows you to use fat as energy (which results in weight loss).
lastly,3. You can eat as much as you want without worrying about calories, so it's less stressful and easier to continue.
Those are the three points.Eat well and stay healthy by limiting carbohydrates
If the purpose of restricting carbohydrates is to lose weight, step ② becomes very important.
Simply put, the ketone body cycle refers to cutting out carbohydrate-derived energy sources as much as possible, and instead of generating ATP (energy) mainly through glucose-derived glycolysis and the citric acid cycle, it focuses on a cycle that uses fat in the citric acid cycle to produce ATP.
To keep the ketone body cycle going, simply reducing carbohydrates often does not work; you also need to take in coenzymes (catalysts that help the reaction) such as vitamins and minerals.
Furthermore, limiting your carbohydrate intake triggers gluconeogenesis, a process in which the muscles in your body convert glucose into energy, so you need to make sure you consume enough protein to maintain your muscle mass.
If you limit protein and fat intake and go low calorie, you may lose weight at first, but you may lack muscle mass and your body fat percentage may not go down, leading to a body that is prone to rebound weight gain. Take in the right amount of calories, eat until you're full, and lose weight. The purpose of a carbohydrate-restricted diet is to maintain muscle mass, eliminate fluctuations in blood sugar levels, and turn your body into one that can use fat as energy.
Many people fail by simply restricting carbohydrates, without increasing the amount of protein or fat, and also restricting calories, so I would like to continue to properly convey this. Low calories does not equal health, and only low carbohydrates does not make you healthy.
Low carbohydrates, high protein, high fat, high vitamins, high minerals, (and if possible exercise) will bring you closer to good health.
