Carbs are delicious. There are few foods that fill the void quite like a load of croutons or chips.
Yet more and more of us believe that we can’t handle eating carbohydrates. We’re plagued with bloating, with IBS-type symptoms, with weight fluctuations.
So does carb intolerance really exist? ANd if it does, does that mean you have to swerve them forever?
Dr Frank Lipman is an expert in functional medicine and he says that carbohydrate tolerance is a ‘grey area’.
‘In the past decade, I’ve seen a growing number of patients who for years have limited sugary foods and swapped out refined carbohydrates for whole grain products, sweet potatoes, and fresh fruit,’ he writes for MindBodyGreen.
‘Yet they are overweight or have surges of fatigue, foggy-headedness, or cravings. Sometimes they don’t carry any extra pounds but have worryingly high levels of blood sugar. It’s not unusual for these issues to come on late in life;… Read the full story
from Metro https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/18/can-really-carbohydrate-intolerant-7639996/
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