Hey, it's Robin Openshaw.
I'm the green smoothie girl,
and today we're talking about are carbs the devil?
You've been led to believe that carbohydrates make you fat,
that they're bad for you,
that there's something to be avoided,
and nothing could be further from the truth.
Let's just say the last
2,000 years of humankind,
carbohydrates have been the highest consumed macronutrient in all of human
history.
It is the primary fuel of the liver.
It is the macronutrient where fiber hides out,
that cleans your digestive tract,
keeps 35 feet of GI tract clean,
keeps your blood then clean.
It's also the place that is high in micronutrients.
We're talking about vitamins,
minerals, and enzymes.
So getting rid of carbohydrates is a very bad idea.
I have a free gift for you today,
and that is some of my very favorite high carb recipes that are absolutely good for you,
that aren't going to make you gain weight.
They're completely delicious, and that do not lead to any disease risk of any kind.
So I've written a blog recently about four rules to eat healthy carbs.
Okay, let's keep in mind that carbohydrates are fine.
What is a problem is refined carbohydrates.
Okay, a Keebler cookie has white flour.
It used to be a kernel of wheat,
but then we threw away the bran,
which had all the fiber in it,
and we threw away the germ,
which had all the micronutrients in it,
all those great B vitamins.
We threw away the
good stuff, and all we have left is the white,
gluey stuff.
That's a bad carbohydrate.
It's going to, over time, eating stuff like that will cause insulin resistance.
There are experts saying that 100% of us will be diabetic 20 years from now if we go at the rate we're going.
So we've got to get this in control.
If you haven't been diagnosed with diabetes,
awesome, good for you.
Put some really good habits in place and differentiate the good carbs from the bad carbs, because guess what?
Eating a whole food that's high in even sodium
and simple sugars, even a simple carbohydrate like a banana or an apple,
does not have any link to causing diabetes.
Okay? Diabetes has never been caused by people eating too many apples.
Diabetes is caused by eating refined carbohydrates.
So I want to send you a recipe collection of my favorite carbohydrate recipes that your family will love.
They're totally delicious, and there's a breakfast one,
there's a dinner one,
there's even some treat ones,
and I think you're going to love them.
So go grab it.
We'll send it right to your inbox.
And thank you for being a supporter of the Green Smoothie Girl mission.
I love to teach you easy,
inexpensive,
really doable ways for your family to eat more whole foods.
See you next time.
Bye.