Welcome to the Eat This Not That Podcast. I'm John Hammond, and this is Megan Murphy.

Hello, everyone. And this week, we're going to try and repair some of the damage that has been done to one of our key food groups.

And this one, I feel very passionate about this year, right?

Very passionate. Carbs. Let's bring back some carbs. We've talked about this before. And carbs deserves to not be just just you know crushed. Yeah it's a vilified. It's like it's everyone's talking about carbs are bad. It's like it's a public enemy number one right? Yeah, it gets such a bad rap and you know it's the first thing a lot of people do when they want to drop weight and fast. They cut out carbs all together. It's like a drastic

situation. No more carbs are so bad for me. What if giving up bread and pasta and all the yummy

carbs out there isn't too appealing to you, which I'm certainly in this camp, I believe you are too, John.

Love carbs. We're giving you some good news today. You can still lose weight while eating carbs,

but only if you know you eat the right ones, like be smart about it. And by the right ones, we mean the complex carbs out there.

The key is limiting your intake of the simple carbohydrates and nourishing your body with complex

carbs. Right. A couple episodes ago, we talked about ways to cut added sugars.

Right. And if you're going

to attack carbs, that's where your, that's where your focus should be. But so many of it's like you said, it's like we just kind of, it's like all in, just carbs in general. And we just like, we're going to eliminate this for my life, which is just, it's not feasible. Now, I'm on record as as being a big fan of carbs and complex carbs, of course, right? And I get it. I understand how people

try and cut carbs, of course, right? And I get it. I understand

how people try and cut carbs for health games because most of us think that carbs, we think of those

simple carbs that you kind of mentioned. And that's not wrong, but the focus should not be on cutting

carbs, but cutting added sugars, which we've talked about. And carbohydrates, here's

why. Carbohydrates are a type of macronutrient, just like protein or fat. Carbs are the main energy source of the human diet. So unless you've gone keto, of course, you know, if you're, if you're keto, then you're trying to take your body to utilize fat as its main energy source. but there's a lot of debate on that.

I for one don't think it's sustainable.

It might be something as it's main energy source. But there's a lot of debate on that. I, for one, don't think it's

sustainable. It might be, it might be something that that you find effective in the short term.

I just don't think that, that personally, I couldn't maintain that for the long term. Neither could I.

And not all carbs are created equal, and that's what we're breaking down today. So, exactly.

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