If you're struggling with weight gain or following a healthy diet, you've probably heard a lot that 'Carbs are forbidden' since they contain many calories that can ruin any diet and add many calories stored as fat in your body. Yet carbs are also useful because they give your body the energy it needs daily. So here are some ways to help you eat carb foods without noticeable weight gain.
First way: Eat complex carbs
With some diets like keto cutting carbs in meals, carb dishes cause panic for many. They seem like the food that ruins your diet. But carbs are a vital nutrient your body needs and gives you energy. You should eat complex carbs, not simple or refined ones. You can eat pasta, a slice of pizza, and other favorite meals but choose the type of grains in these foods carefully.
Second way: Add strawberries to carbs
If you want to eat a carb meal today and want to avoid weight gain from that meal, you can simply add strawberries to your carb meal. Some science studies showed that strawberries slow down how carbs (starch) are digested and absorbed in the blood.
Third way: Drink green tea with carbs
When you have your special carb meal, you can drink green tea alongside it or right after. It helps regulate hunger hormones and your body's metabolism. It also lowers blood sugar levels.
Method four: Add fats to carbs
This might sound strange or exaggerated, but the idea here is not those bad saturated fats. It's about unsaturated fats like those in olive oil that have an amazing ability - when added to carb foods - to control your appetite so you feel full after eating just a few calories.
Method five: Eat them, don't drink them
This means eat fruits and veggies instead of drinking them as fresh juice. All kinds of fruits and veggies have a little carbs in them. Eating them solid means you take in a small amount of those carbs, unlike drinking them where you get more carbs in liquid form.
Method seven: Add carbs to your dinner
Studies show eating your allowed carbs at dinner can help you lose weight and reduce inflammation. Splitting carbs through the day might slow down your progress to losing extra weight.
Method eight: Eat resistant starch
This term may sound strange but it means eating carb foods that stay longer undigested in your gut so you feel full longer, like beans and oats. This happens when carb foods cool down after cooking, like leaving pasta in the fridge until it’s completely cold, then eating it cold.
Method nine: Eat the right carbs
Instead of eating crispy potatoes, you can look for healthy alternatives. For example, you can roast these potatoes with a very small amount of olive oil. Or you can replace potatoes in your meals with sweet potatoes, which have fewer carbs and a delicious, unique taste.
