An ITV This Morning has revealed the hidden carbs you’re eating that you need to get rid of right away.
In a new interview on This Morning, Dr. Zoe Williams with Phillip Schofield, where she addressed the danger of grain.
About the carbohydrate content of the muesli, Dr. Zoe: “84 g per 100 g, so the corn flakes are almost 85 percent carbohydrates. [Whereas] Blueberries are 10 percent, they’re 10g per 100g.”
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She then said: “You can lead a low-carb lifestyle and that has benefits for some people, but one change I think people can consider is switching from refined carbs to whole grains.
“Let’s take bread as an example: black bread instead of white bread, brown rice instead of white rice.”
dr Zoe said: “So carbohydrates are one of the three macro food groups that we get our energy from, along with fats and proteins.
“Not all carbohydrates are created equal – there are sugars, starches and fiber. We know that fiber is really good for us. They lower our cholesterol levels and reduce our risk of intestinal diseases.
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“Sugar, lots of refined sugars aren’t good for us, but we have the idea that carbs are bad for us – cookies, sugar, donuts, but we have to look at them differently.”
dr Zoe added: “When it comes to reducing or eliminating carbs altogether, we saw that there are three million people out there [who] have tried and for most people they are not able to keep it up, they cannot keep it up.
“However, there is a community of people — the low-carbers — who have made it a way of life rather than dieting.
“[And] long term, they have committed to significantly reducing the number of carbohydrates they eat for the rest of their lives, [and] this can be very helpful for your health, especially if you are at risk of type 2 diabetes or have type 2 diabetes.
“There’s no right, there’s no wrong, it really depends on who you are.”
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