How does sugar and refined carbohydrates make you fat? It is really simple. You have a relatively set amount of fat cells in your body. It is just a matter of how big your fat cells are. So what affects size of your fat cells? Sugar. Because glucose is what is stored in your fat cells. And there is a little “gate” that controls movement of sugar in and out of your fat cells. And key to this little gate is insulin. Insulin is key that opens gates to fat cells and allows excess glucose in blood to go into fat cells. So if you never eat anything that raises your blood sugar levels beyond normal, your body will not release insulin, and you will not get bigger fat cells.

The body releases insulin to lower blood sugar levels that are too high. So Sugar and refined carbohydrates are actually what is one of biggest contributing factors to why people are overweight.

The ironic part of all of this, is that when you get food that has “artificially” been made to be low fat, you know what they usually put in when they take out fat? Sugar. They usually add very thing that contributes to people being fat when they are trying to make something that many people think is helping them not be fat. Fat does not make you fat. In fact, you need essential fatty acids found in fat to live. Sugar is one of biggest contributing factors to what makes you fat.

If you try to compare new food you are eating to things you’ve eaten in past, it will not be same. It is not same. But if you actually taste new food you are eating for food it is, you will find it is just as good, if not better, than food you used to eat. Fresh and pure food always tastes better than toxic food, if you taste food for what it is without comparing it to what you used to eat.

Find your new favorite foods from healthy selections and food you eat will taste great.