It's 2020 and people are still talking about good carbs and bad carbs.

If it's a fruit then it's healthy and if it's rice it's unhealthy.

These foods are usually categorised based on their GI &/or GL.

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Carbohydrates (CHO) are eventually broken down into glucose, regardless of them coming from rice, sugar or any damn carb source
There's a difference between CHO from fruits and that from rice.
1. CHO from fruit= fructose
CHO from rice = glucose

2. Glycemic index(GI)
GI indicates the speed with which the CHO is broken down to glucose.
Keeping pure glucose as a 100 for reference, all other sources are given a rating too.
If GI of glucose is 100, apple has 38, white rice has 64 and so on.

It just means that rice breaks down to glucose at 64% the speed of pure glucose.

Low GI foods release glucose much slower into the blood than high GI foods.
Ab yaha aake noobs bolenge ki,
"fuck!! High GI foods se blood sugar ek dum high ho jaata hai...hai re dayya, ye toh diabetes dega humko"
Yaha Tak samajh aya?
Ab asli maje ki baatein karte hai...
When you mix different foods (daal-chawal), the GI of that food goes down. You almost NEVER consume pure table sugar or glucon-D for carbs.
GI of ice-cream is lower than watermelon
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Yaha pe GI wali bakchodi band ho jaani chahiye lekin hoti nahi 😣
Here we'll get a new breed who'll bring up Glycemic Load to defend glycemic index.
Glycemic Load takes into account the total amount of carbs you get from certain quantity of that food.

For ex GI of watermelon is 72, but 100g watermelon had 5g CHO.

GL = 72*5/100 = 3.6
Ab bakchodi ye karenge ki insulin spike hoga agar high GL lenge toh...uske liye insulin response pe alag charcha karni hogi...wo kisi aur din karte hai. Alag lamba hai wo.
Also, all of this applies to general population, not diabetics or anyone with any metabolic disorders.

Acha laga toh retweet bhi kar do thoda.
Kripa barsegi bc.

Fin.
Sorry, for not leaving any actionable shiz at the bottom.

This thread was made just to create an awareness about Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load.

However, here's the actionable shiz you CAN do:
1. Check your maintenance calories using any damn online calculator. (It won't be accurate but that'll serve as a good starting point.
Let's say = 2000kcs. Eat more than this to gain, less to lose.
2. 1gm protein & carbs = 4kcals
1gm fats = 9kcals

3. Get at least 1.5-1.8gms protein per kg of your bw

Try to get 1gm fats per kg of bw

4. Rest of the calories can be carbs regardless of the GI/GL. Make sure you choose home cooked wholesome meals so that you don't feel hungry.
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