Ok, you've convinced me, i won't cut carbs...

But what kind of carbohydrates should i eat?

Ever heard of the Glycemic Index (GI index)? You probably have. The GI Index is used to describe the effect different foods have on your blood sugar levels. Low GI carbs are what you will want to base your diet around. High GI carbs may be useful during the Glycogen replenishment stage that takes place immediately after exercise (again i'll go through that later).

Not all carbohydrates are equal!

This will become apparent to you when you look at the GI Index (which i will go through soon). It's tempting to think that simple carbs are absorbed quicker than complex carbs, and that they produce a large and rapid rise in blood sugar. Unfortunately it's not that simple. For example, apples (containing simple carbs) produce a small and prolonged rise in blood sugar, despite being high in simple carbs. Many complex carbs such as bread and potatoes are digested and absorbed very quickly and give a rapid rise in blood sugar. So the old notion that simple carbs give you fast energy and complex carbs give you slow burning energy is actually misleading.

So why do some fitness websites tell you to lay off fruit when wanting to lose weight?

Because they have most likely got as far as seeing that fruit is made up of fructose and fructose is a simple carbohydrate. That's probably as far as they have thought it through.

to be continued...(because it's home time )