Are carbs more efficient body fuels than fat? And can carbs cause flab to occur?
93487
One gram of Fat on burning in your body gives you 9 calories while carbhydrate only 4 calories  Carbohydrates are stored in your body as fat.
652557
Food, carbs are a big part of the energy that our body needs.
515901
Well, a lot of it is down to metabolic rate and how adept your body is at burning fat, some are better than others. Plus obviously, if you are eating more fat than you are burning off, then you will gain weight... its simple maths really!
799070
No, protein doesn't burn fat.  \n\nIt does take longer to metabolize than carbs though, but not as long as dietary fat.\n\nBTW, peanut butter is 75% fat, not a high source of protein.
345919
Several studies indicate that the composition of weight loss is more favorable with a diet lower in carbohydrate and higher in either fat or protein. In one recent study, there was similar weight loss after 10 weeks of dieting in overweight women who consumed a diet of 30% protein, 41% carbohydrate, and 19% fat versus a diet that had equal calories consisting of 16% protein, 58% carbohydrate, and 26% fat. However, the higher protein and lower carbohydrate diet resulted in significantly greater loss of fat and retention of lean body mass. In another study, fat loss was greater after 6 months of a high protein diet versus a high carbohydrate diet (both diets were equal in fat). Higher protein intake has also been shown to result in better weight maintenance after weight loss. These are a few of the many studies showing that diets lower in carbohydrate and higher in protein lead to greater fat loss and preservation of lean body mass. Simply substituting some carbohydrates in your diet with a protein shake can lead to beneficial changes in your body composition.
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Let me paraphrase the obesity section from my medical physiology text book.  Work your muscles!  Get off your butt and work your muscles.  Muscle work is the number one mechanism for burning calories and increasing multi-hour metabolic changes.  If you are breast feeding, don't restrict any component of your diet; just start exercising.\n\nIf you're not breast feeding, then reduce your carbs and fats (I said reduce, not eliminate).  Get enough protein so that your body doesn't think it's starving and fill up on bulk low calorie carbs like salads.  Canned Tuna is a high protein, low fat, low carb protein source.\n\nGood luck; there's nothing sexier than a mom who looks like she's still young and healthy and NOT FAT!
1150620
The weight lost during the first part of the low-carb diet is primarily water weight.  You've lost this and now your body doesn't know what to do.  Since you're restricting what you are giving your body - its fuel - it may be trying to stock up.  Fat is the fuel reserves your body keeps to feed on in lean times.  \n\nHowever, if your body "thinks" that lean times are coming, it's going to "stock up fuel" in the form of fat.  I'd say that these two factors explain what is happening with your body.  \n\nUnfortunately there is no quick fix to losing weight - the most reliable, long-term weight loss solution is eat right and exercise.  Luckily, there are many websites with delicious low fat and low calorie recipes out there...it's not hard to eat right when there's so much yummy food!
814013
I'm a writer for various fitness publications and here's one I wrote on the subject of carbohydrates that should help you a great deal to understanding this confusing subject:\n\nhttp://www.truthaboutabs.com/glycemic-index-carbohydrates.html\n\nAlso, here's some of the healthiest foods on the planet listed in this other article I wrote:\n\nhttp://www.truthaboutabs.com/hard-body-nutrition.html\n\nBest wishes
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One is not better than the other as both nutrients are required by the body. Too much carbohydrates causes the body to store the carbs as fat..too much protein causes the kidneys to work really hard to metabolise/synthesize the proteins which can be damaging to the kidney in the long term. Moderation of all things is what is the most important factor of eating healthy.
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You would only see fat on your body if your daily intake of calories was more than you used in activity. Also, this ratio has to occur over time, like a week. If you eat a Snicker bar tonight and nothing all day you will not get fat. If you eat 3,000 calories today AND  Snicker bar tonight you WILL  get fat. It's that simple. Fat is created from excess calories.
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Well not quite...\n\nThe following facts are things that you need to first understand.\n1 gram of fat contains 9 calories\n1 gram of carbohydrates and protein contains 4 calories\nThere is 454 grams in 1 pound.\n\nSo for the first question, 1 calorie is equal to 1 fat calorie.  Like someone else said no difference.  Its a unit of energy/heat.  The difference between 1 calorie of carbohydrate and 1 calorie of fat is that it take 1/4 of a gram of carbohydrate to generate 1 calorie and it takes 1/9 of a gram of fat to generate 1 calorie.\n\nFor the second question, it take 1 pound of fat generate 4086 calories.  454 grams / 1 pound  x  9 cal / 1 gram of fat = 4086.\n\nWhy is it not 3600 calories?  When you exercise, you are not only burning carbohydrates but also fat (sort of a simplification, alot of it depends of type of exercise, during of exercise, etc).  So when we say you need to burn 3600 calories to lose 1 lb this is making a reference to the fact that we are burning fat and carbohydrates.\n\nHope this help and understable.
553182
Blood sugar drops until you run out of glucose.  Then glycogen is utilized, from the liver and the muscles.  Fat is also begun to breakdown for energy usage.  Anaerobic respiration can occur but not for long (maybe 0.5 min or 1 min).  It's just not efficient to go that hard for a long time; your muscles can't handle it.  I'd say most of the change has to do with energy sources and hydration levels.
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The basics of most nutrition books\nDon’t starve yourself. That’s the worst thing you can do in a diet because it slows down your metabolism and your body starts getting more fat from your food intake since, fat is the bodies fastest and easiest type of nutrition[not the healthiest though]. The reason this happen is because this helped us when we were no doing so good as hunters and gathers to keep us alive a bit longer. \n\nBefore I continue let me explain protein, carbohydrates, and fats.\n\nProtein is easiest described as anything that comes from or was an animal such chicken, fish, sirloin, and milk. \n\nCarbohydrates [carbs] can be found almost in anything else even apples.\nGood carbs:\nApples, wheat bread, sourdough bread, grains, and wheat \nBad carbs:\nWhite bread, hamburger buns, hotdog buns, Doritos, and sodas!\n\nGood fats:\nAvocados, pecans, almonds, and peanut butter \n\nThe ratio in your diet varies but I think a good starting point is something like\n[50%Protien:40%Carbs:10%fat]\n\nThis can sound meaningless. So in plain terms consume only good fats [portioned] and you should be okay.  Something like a handful of almonds, or a table spoon of peanut butter should be consumed three times a day [separately. not consecutively]. \n\nThe reason this is relevant to your question of decreasing your appetite is because you are required to intake around 1200 calories for a 180lb person [Proteins are 4 calories, Carbs are 4 calories, Fats are 9 calories] so theoretically if you eat less fats and more proteins you will have a less appetite because you will eat more. \n\nAnother nifty advice is that your body turns carbohydrates into fat not fat itself. That’s how the Adkins basically works. If you consume more proteins and less carbs you will lose weight. I leave to you to decide if this is good you.\n\nI would also advice you to split up your day into 5 meals. [warning: it will feel weird because you are not used to eating this decreased amount. Just keep in mind that you will eat in 3 hour and you will quickly noticed that you will not go hungry and most importantly not feel hungry] if you do feel hungry eat a small snack like an apple or a wrap of peanut butter with a wheat tortilla.\n\nYou are suppose to split up meals because your body can consume a certain amount of nutrition the rest is just wasted and turned into fat [if you have been starving yourself or if you don’t exercise].
329619
It has nothing to do about carbs it's all about your calorie intake.  dont listen to anyone else
868595
Low carb, lose weight faster :)
99003
CArbs are used in your body as a source of energy, if u dont comsume carbs... your body will start to break down protein as an energy source, which aint good cuz protien is used for tissue repair, immune system etc.  Plus you'll probably get headaches and always feel tired if u cut out carbs.  You will loose some weight, but only because you are in fact cutting calories.  any diet will work if u cut calories.  your best bet is to try to stick to a well balanced diet, WATCH serving sizes, and EXERCISE!!
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All ketosis means is that your body is using protein fat for energy and creating ketones, aka, you are on a low carb diet.  The thing is your weight does not depend on carbs vs. fat vs. protein.  It depends on the number of calories you put in vs. the number of calories you use each day.  If you are on a low carb diet and do not eat any carbs, but you eat a 24oz prime rib with 1 litter of whole milk everyday cause you can eat protein and fat and you are going to gain weight because you are not burning off enough calories.  I assume that since you are in ketosis you are doing an atkins (or at least what you think is atkins cause most people have not read the book and don't really understand how the "diet" works) or a modified atkins diet.  The main thing that people miss about all of those low carb diets is that they are also designed to be low calorie diet as well as a low carb.  The reason you are gaining weight could be due to water weight (drank 3 liters of water the day before) you actually gained weight cause you are taking in more calories than you are burning, or you have plateaued in your current regiment and unless you make more changes you will either stay where you are or gain more weight.  A fourth option could be that you go to the gym everyday and work out a lot and are in great shape and you have actually gained muscle mass (since muscle is heavier than fat).