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Potato, rice, bread, pasta, beans, bananas and cake … listening to appoint these foods or watch them on your plate when you’re dieting, it’s like if you name your worst enemy. You really are so bad carbs? Nutritionists and dietitians experts say no. Find out so you can include in your diet without feeling that you are betraying.

Myth # 1. Carbohydrates are the “flour.”

This is the first myth we need to collapse, it is not entirely true. While it is true that most of the meals containing carbohydrates, also found in sweets, grains (beans, lentils, maize) and cereals (like oatmeal). In addition, there are carbohydrates in certain vegetables and certain fruits are high in starch and fructose (fruit sugar) such as carrot, apple, banana or banana, among others. And even the same milk and dairy products contain carbohydrates.

Can it really be so bad all these foods? Read on to find out. Read the rest of this entry »

Reduce consumption of carbohydrates will help you lose weight, but not be so advisable to lower cholesterol, says a new study.

People who followed a diet low in carbohydrates, but relatively high in fat, lost weight in six weeks as much as those who made a diet rich in carbohydrates.

But levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol or “bad” increased significantly in the group with a low-carbohydrate diet, whereas in the other group down.

High levels of LDL are a risk factor for heart disease because they are associated with clogged arteries. Read the rest of this entry »