First tip on Nutrition: carb myths busted!!

Ok I know most people think in order to lose weight, carbs must be taken out of their diet. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Carbs are turned into glucose (blood sugar) in the body. Which is the body’s primary source of energy. The logic is if carbs aren’t there, then your body will burn fat, but that isn’t the case at all. When your body can’t use it’s most ready source of energy(carbs) it goes to the next most available source, amino acids. amino acids are the building blocks of protien and protien is what your muscles are made of. SO YOU ARE BURNING MUSCLE WHEN ON A LOW CARB DIET. That’s where the weight loss comes from. Since lean muscle speeds up your metabolism, losing muscle will slow it down. A slower metabolism means easier weight gain and harder weight loss. Time for some basic math, carbs per gram have 4 calories. Protien per gram also is 4 calories. Fat per gram is 9 calories!! Thats where fat comes from... Fat!! If you want to lose fat, you must eat less calories than you burn in a day. This comes from a healthy diet and exercise.
BUT I KNOW SOMEONE WHO LOST WEIGHT BY CUTTING CARBS!?
They lost weight, not fat. When you eat protien, it takes your body seven times the amount of water to metabolise it, so it dehydrates you and you lose water weight along with the muscle I mentioned earlier. OTHER SIDE EFFECTS OF LOW CARB DIETS:
Along with losing muscle and dehydration there are a few other side effects you should know about.
KIDNEY FAILUREis a common side effect of high protien low carb diets.
KIDNEY STONES AND CALCIUM DEPOSITS are also another side effect.
BAD BREATH: comes with putting your body into ketosis, which is the state your body is in on a no carb diet. You can’t get rid of that bad breath either.
CANCER is a much higher risk and your immune system is weaker because you are cutting key nutrients out of your diet. REMEMBER!! IT IS NOT GOOD TO GET RID OF ONE OF THE FOUR FOOD GROUPS!!! If you have any questions, email me.
The National Academy of Sports Medicine says that at least 60 percent of your diet should consist of carbs!