Myth Regarding Carbohydrates
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Can I have Carbs after 6pm?
An old myth that is still believed in this day and age (as I am asked this question more times than I thought possible), is that eating carbs past a certain time will ‘make you store more fat’, or ‘not lose weight’, and this is simply not true!
Weather you eat a bowl of Pasta that is 300 Calories at 6am, or 6pm, it is still 300 Calories.
Firstly, Carbs are not bad for you!
If your goal is weight loss, you do not have to avoid carbs.
Just make sure that your total Calories have you in a deficit, because at the end of the day, the total Calories you consume will dictate if you lose weight.
The Macro breakdown will just determine how you feel on said Calories.
Please remember this.
The caloric value of Carbohydrate dense foods does not change because it is past a certain time of day.
As long as those carbs you are consuming past 6pm are totalled in to your daily Calories and you’re not consuming over them, then go nuts.
Have that bowl of pasta!
Article by Amanda Martin – www.amandamartinfitness.com.au
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