Take a moment and just think about this question.
Do we have any food (plant based or animal based) offered by mother nature that has high fat and high carbohydrate both of them together?
Answer is there is none (may be almost none as far as I know).
Examples of High fat, high protein, low carbohydrate foods
- Almonds
- Peanuts
- Walnuts
- Flax seeds
- Cashews
- Pistachio
- Hazelnuts
- Chia seeds
Examples of high carbohydrate, high protein, low fat
- Pulses – Different kinds of Beans, Lentils, Peas
- Oats
- Different kinds of Millets
- Whole Wheat
I believe that there might be a reason for this ‘evolutionarily’. Since both carbohydrates and fat are energy sources for our body, mother nature intelligently created food sources in such a way that there is no energy overload or imbalance. Any natural whole food would have either high carbohydrate or high fat but not both of them together. When we eat foods that are high in carbohydrates and high in fats together, it is obvious that all those excess calories (energy) are stored as fat in our body.
Hence we need to choose foods or prepare foods that are not both high in fat and high in carbohydrates together. It is essential to keep the protein at optimum level and balance the content of fats to carbohydrate ratio. If you are eating a high fat food, then try to minimize the carb content and if it is high carbohydrate food then reduce fat content. In this way we would be not be over shooting our energy needs and unnecessarily storing excess energy as body fat.
For instance: Eggs are high in protein, fat and low in carb. Meat/chicken is high in protein, moderate fat and low carb. Nuts are high in fat, protein and low in carb. Lentils, peas, beans are high in carb, protein and low in fat. Whole grains are high in carb, moderate protein and low in fat. Vegetables are rich in fiber, low carbohydrates and low/no fat. Fruits are high in fiber, carbohydrates (fructose) and low/no fat.
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