**Do carbs make you fat?**
When searching the web you will see both sides of the story. Some articles say yes, others say no, claiming that it is a myth.
The truth of the matter is that eating an excess of any caloric food will make you gain weight.
Let's define "excess" based off of this study:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7598063/
If you eat an excess of 50% compared to your baseline, you will burn most of those calories off, independent of the source of the calories. Though carbs burn better than fats.
If you increase the excess to 75%, then most of those calories will be stored and not burnt off.
More interesting studies:
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@barefootstache From my expierence carbs arent about how easy you burn them, its how long you have to urn them.
Excess carbs trigger insulin which causes your body to store the carbs as long-term fat. So you have a small window to burn it before they arent accessible.
Moreover it triggers hunger sooner compelling you to eat more.
@freemo One factor that is overlooked often is fiber.
Fiber will definitely make you feel fuller faster and there are some studies showing that people who eat high fiber diets, consume on average less calories than those who don't follow such diets.
@barefootstache Yup bothe fiber and protein will generally slow the digestion process and allow carbs to enter your blood over a longer period and redce or avoid the insulin spike. Its one approach that can mitigate the bad effects of carbs i mentioned
