Will Carbohydrates Really Make You Fat?

There is a common conception that carbohydrates will make a person fat. In fact, some people minimize their carbohydrate consumption, even going so far as to downright cut all carbohydrates from their diet.

Instead, these individuals focus their attention on consuming radical amounts of protein and moderate amounts of fat.

But what is so scary about a carbohydrate? Is it true that carbohydrates will make a person fat? Let's find out.

The human body needs carbohydrates to function. Carbohydrates are stored in the liver and in the muscles.

The muscles have the ability to store three hundred to four hundred grams of carbohydrates. The liver has the ability to store sixty to ninety grams of carbohydrates.

Eating more than this amount of carbohydrates will result in the body storing the excess grams of carbohydrate as body fat, but only if the total calorie consumption is above the amount needed by the body.

For if the total calorie consumption were not over what the body required, the body would have used the excess carbohydrates as fuel instead of storing them as body fat.

Weight gain has nothing to do with carbohydrates or any other macronutrient. Rather, weight gain is a gradual process of continually eating more calories than the body requires.

It takes 3500 calories to make up a pound of fat. It doesn't matter if these calories consist of carbohydrates, proteins, or fats. If over time, you eat 3500 extra calories, you will have gained one pound of fat on your body.

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