carbohydrates

Do Carbohydrates Make You Fat?

November 8, 2014 / 3 minutes of reading

When I was in college I would often eat 3-4 bagels per day (free from the cafeteria and portable), along with cream of wheat in the morning, fruit and/or starchy veggies at lunch, heaping quantities of brown rice at dinner, and a bowl (or two) of Raisin Bran with milk after dinner. I wasn’t on an all carbohydrate diet, I ate all of this in addition to regular meals . As a cross country runner, I was just plain hungry. Despite my …

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Eat Carbs at Night, Lose Weight?

September 16, 2011 / 2 minutes of reading

For years I’ve paid zero attention to those silly little rules saying you can’t eat after 7 pm or cut out all carbohydrates at night. Now, granted, I think those rules serve a purpose, cutting people off from the chip bag during prime snacking time for instance. But, 7 pm isn’t the witching hour after which time every bite of carbohydrate you consume is automatically deposited to your belly. And, according to a recently published study, eating carbs at night …

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