> Stop eating carbs, namely because it makes you sleepy and unmotivated. I replaced carbs with tons of fiber and vegetables, like red cabbage, matchstick carrots, and expensive fermented foods.
There's nothing with carbs, just that you may have been eating too many to begin with. Many many vegetables contain carbs. People shouldn't stop eating carbs, but should reflect on their intake and adjust such that they're not consuming too many, particularly simple carbs as its so easy to do.
I find the problem is more that processed foods tend to be overloaded in carbs. Most flavored drinks have lots of carbs. BBQ sauce and ketchup is basically carbs and water. Low fat food replaces fat with carbs. Hot dogs and burgers replace meat with carbs.
And then you eat a hot dog with the bread and feel like it's the bread that makes you feel bad, when it's really both of them together.
When most people say "stop eating carbs", they are usually referring to the foods that have extreme amounts of carbs/sugars - "fast/junk foods", bread.
I know, but it frustrates me when people blanket say "stop eating carbs" plenty of instagrammers say that they've "quit sugar". When its just that they've quit simple processed sugars.
It sends the wrong message that carbs and sugar are bad, then they're not as long as you're not eating multiple chocolate bars.
Replying to 2 of your comments. I phrased "stop eating carbs" in the manner I had to speak to myself when first improving my diet because I HAD to use that kind of casual/humorous/forceful language. I agree I should have clarified that I really meant to restrict high glycemic index foods, but my comment was already very long and wasn't aware this specific phrasing would be so heavily scrutinized.
They said "stop eating carbs", there's no distinction being made, which is the point I'm calling out.
My frustration is with people and instagrammers who sprout "I quit sugar", "I quit carbs", when they haven't. They've just cut eating too much simple or processed sugars/carbs.
Yes I probably oversimplified my stance. I still eat carbs, just drastically reduced my intake. Especially highly processed carbs, and now aim for complex carbs as much as possible.
There's nothing with carbs, just that you may have been eating too many to begin with. Many many vegetables contain carbs. People shouldn't stop eating carbs, but should reflect on their intake and adjust such that they're not consuming too many, particularly simple carbs as its so easy to do.