Control Carbohydrate Consumption to Lose Weight

Carbohydrates, main power source for our bodies, provide 4 calories per gram. Carbohydrates are the only source of energy for the brain and red blood cells. The main source of carbohydrates that we consume daily are rice, potatoes, corn, noodles, pasta, bread and fruit. But many people do not even understand what is meant by carbohydrates. With the goal of losing weight, some say do not eat rice, but replace it with potatoes. The result is a body still like that and can not become thinner. If so, what is the importance of carbohydrates for our bodies and how to regulate consumption of carbohydrates so we can lose weight?



When we consume carbohydrates, there are only three destination of carbohydrates, ie:

1. The energy body cells, including brain and blood. Because of  body needs to keep blood sugar remains stable for these.
2. Liver Glycogen, the sugar fraction which will be stored as liver glycogen in the liver and would become buffer (reserve) to provide a stable carbohydrates to our body organs like the brain.
3. Muscle Glycogen, the glucose to be stored in the muscle and will be used by the muscles to activity. The sugar in muscle glycogen is large enough but it will only run out when we perform moderately strenuous physical activity. 

Let's think about it, when we eat carbohydrates, your body will convert carbohydrates into glucose and then enter into the blood. But under normal conditions, glucose is present in blood. And when blood sugar is in stable condition, meaning the next destination is to get glucose into liver glycogen in small amounts to meet the backup needs there. The next goal is to see whether glucose for muscle glycogen need to be fulfilled or not. If we do not have a meaningful physical activity,

the muscle glycogen will surely tend to the full. Then if it is full, where more glucose will go? Obviously will be stored by the body as FAT Reserves.

We can consume large amounts of carbohydrates as we've just finished working out with the aim to restore the Muscle Glycogen again. That's why ancient people used to say, drink sugar water after exercising. My advice to reduce fat in the body is to reduce the amount of your carbohydrates and arrange your carbohydrate consumption. Morning is best because your blood sugar is very low at that time after 8 hours of sleep. Before exercise and after exercise is the next best time. While the time before sleep is a big mistake to consume carbohydrates. Some people who do extreme dieting in order to pursue a six pack on his stomach even just consume carbohydrates once a day after exercise.