Cutting out carbs

We can certainly advise a low-carbohydrate diet for faster weight loss than just a plain low-fat or low-calorie diet. But it pays to keep your carb choices, where you have them, as close to natural as possible. The best options are organic, and whole (unprocessed). You’ll get the energetic and mood-supporting benefits of some carb in your diet, without the high insulin, no fat burning response to more processed carbs.

There’s often a lot of rumours out there about carbohydrates (“carbs”) and their detrimental effect on weight loss. Namely, suggestions that cutting out carbs after a certain time in the afternoon or evening will help you accomplish quick weight reduction.

Whilst this is somewhat true, the idea of completely cutting out carbs from one’s diet has to be done cautiously.

Carbohydrates in your diet tend to require insulin to be released into the blood stream, depending on the type and quantity of carbs eaten. Insulin in turn switches off fat burning for as long as it’s present. To stay fat burning for longer, it would make sense to keep your insulin levels low – ie have no carbs.

Historically we encountered carbs only in things like fruits and berries, possibly milk and honey – until cultivation of cereal grains allowed us to eat grainy, starchy crops. So we’ve always had carbs in our diets, and we definitely need them for energy production in high intensity exercise, and for our normal brain function (since neural tissue can’t use fat as a fuel).

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