Q:
I’ve read this before about combining fat with carbs and I’m just curious what the reason is behind this.
*Meal composition– low-fat, high-carb meals are most effective at raising both insulin and leptin. You don’t want to combine a lot of fat with your carbs!
A:
Great question and there is lots of research on this. The basic idea is that you don’t want fat floating around the body when you have a high carbohydrate meal. Since a high carb meal will spike insulin, the insulin will then drive the fat into fat stores and you can then potentially drive the fat into the stores and stored as body fat. Fat, since it causes little, if any insulin spike, is diet friendly since without the insulin spike it’s very hard to store fat. The amount and potential to store fat depends on how much fat depends on how saturated your glycogen stores already are. There are so many variables depending on your diet, what you ate that day, the day before, exercise etc. Keep in mind, if you are following a specific program and have your calories in check, then the fat and carbohydrates together are going to be mot as detrimental and can are less likely to cause the storage of body fat but do you want to take that risk. I would rather stay on the safer side, myself so I always try to think about my food combinations. Remember not to be afraid of fat as you do need your healthy fats for the hormonal benefits and to keep things in balance but just be smart about when and how much you take in.
Everyone is different so people are able to play with nutrient combinations so I would keep a journal and see how things go for you! 🙂
