Everything you eat is primarily made up of three macronutrients,
or building blocks: carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Today I'm
going to focus on what I've learned about carbohydrates, because
they make up the bulk of most people's diets and they offer the
biggest opportunity for diet improvement. I will try to not get
too technical, because then you will get bored, leave, and not
change your life/diet. If you want to get a better
understanding, I highly recommend "Live Long Enough to Live
Forever" by Ray Kurzweil. When you eat food your body's goal is
to convert it to sugar, which is what cells actually use for
energy. So, in a way, everything you eat actually becomes sugar
eventually. Some people like to use this as an argument that
sugar is good for you, which is dumb. It's the journey, not the
destination. Here's the crux of the problem. Sugar is basically
predigested food. Your body is a sugar refining machine, but
when sugar comes in, it gets really confused and causes a huge
spike in insulin. This tr