Carbohydrates, in fact, are a vital macronutrient and a healthy complement to your diet. Here are six reasons why you should eat carbs.
1. Carbs may help boost your mood.
Researchers suspect that carbs promote the production of serotonin, a feel-good brain chemical.
2. Carbs may help prevent weight gain—and might even promote weight loss
Many carbohydrates contain dietary fiber, which is actually an indigestible complex carbohydrate.
3. Carbs promote heart health.
People who eat more whole grains (think brown rice, bulgur, quinoa) also tend to have lower LDL cholesterol and higher "good" HDL cholesterol.
4. Carbs may help you reduce waistline
Swapping refined grains for whole grains may help reduce total body fat and belly fat
5. Carbs may help keep your memory sharp.
Complex carbohydrates are a preferred brain food, providing a slow, sustained supply of glucose. They take longer to metabolize
6. Carbs may help you lose body fat.
Eating a breakfast made with "slow-release" carbohydrates, such as whole grains like oatmeal or bran cereal, three hours before exercise may help burn more fat.
By Priyanka Sawant