Excellent. I learned this through living because I was raised on junk, but my mom didn't know any better. Now I eat well, but I'm 63. Better late than never?
Remember it’s still important to eat these in moderation. Some people watch this and their takeaway is “never eat carbs again”. The human body is designed to eat a large variety of foods and it’s important to strive for balance.
@SopaDeCacahuate Survival is not the same as longevity and longterm health. Fiber, for instance, is non-essential but beneficial for multiple reasons including the health of your gut-biome. Same goes for plant derived antioxidants etc..
Technically yes, but eating carbs such as fruits and veggies is not bad because they have a low glycemic index plus have all vitamins, minerals antioxidants etx. You need all that to be healthy. The sum of this video was kinda bad. Just eat lots of vegetables band fruits and you literally have nothing to worry about
Please add English captions. Your videos are so helpful for educating people are deaf or hard of hearing. The visual component combined with accurate captions in educational videos such as these can have an immense impact on education. Thank you, I love what you are doing!
+Jennifer Tuck Thanks for the feedback! We try and make sure English captions are available soon after each publication. Feel free to click the "CC" on the bottom right-hand corner of the video player to access.
+TED-Ed - I appreciate the suggestion to use the CC option on the video. Prior to writing the original comment I had already tried this. The only available captioning that appeared is in what looks like another language (and not the bizzarro speech to text language that does not equate to actual captioning). I have also checked the caption settings to see if I had another language selected, I did not. It may be something glitchy with my version of RU-vid, but it was the first and only time I have seen this.
+Jennifer Tuck what you need to do is go into the settings tab next to the CC button and select subtitles from the menu. than change the language to english. they've actually got 19 languages for this one!
Except that he's misrepresenting nutritional science in this video... humans main source of energy is carbohydrates and we should be eating fruits and vegetables and other plant foods and excluding animal's bodies and bodily secretions if we want to avoid disease... and be nice to someone else's body... that matters too
+Deepam Mehta Because waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than total body fat. Or more precisely, the real risk is abdominal fat. Never mind beauty standards, buttocks fat is relatively benign health wise.
+darksskull ah yesh my chinese chird, you must embrace yur kung fur nature. Meditate about yur rice, confucius say. go to arr supreme reader kim jung un, he wir teach yu the ways of the chinese rice picker. Now listen to me my deerest chird, I am not actually Chinese! peace out my yellow man! LOL
Having gestational diabetes has been the best thing that ever happened to me for my health. I cut down significantly on my carbs and sugar and became so much more educated on how the body breaks down different foods. My eating habits were going on such a downward spiral but thankfully now, I have such a healthier lifestyle 😊
I'm having great difficulty in understanding what I can eat and what i will enjoy eating to keep me on a low carbon diet im type 2 diabetic.Its overwhelming to cut out most of the food i have been eating.
@@davidmoore2308 Eat lots of whole foods, not over processed stuff. Things that don’t come in a box. If you do that for a while you’ll notice that eating healthier will make you feel so much better.
to all the people who are writing comments about how this video is a lie and goes against science: do realize that science constantly evolves, that's what makes science great. the information provided in this video is literally the latest science that is being uncovered, and replicated, across research institutions around the world. when i was a biochemistry student at a prestigious university as recently as 2012, we were learning that carbs were the optimal energy source for our cells. i speak to students who are currently taking the exact same course i took, and they are learning that carbs are in fact not the optimal energy source for our cells. they are learning about the role carbs play in insulin resistance. i didn't learn all this in uni 5 years ago. but a good scientist is always open to accepting new facts in light of new evidence. just because an idea contradicts how you've chosen to live your life, doesn't mean that idea is wrong. and please stop giving anecdotal evidence eg "I eat a high carb diet and I'M not fat", these are completely useless in forming arguments, convincing people, and making any sort of point at all. also- it is true that the rate of diabetes and heart disease is increasing in asia. but that's not because they are consuming more fats, but rather because they are consuming more packaged (ie processed) foods, which contain a lot of hidden sugars as well as other chemicals, in conjunction with leading more sedentary lives.
Thank you so much for your common sense! It is always beneficial to see debate as suggestions to confirm or disprove arguments, rather than a competition between two opinions.
Nazlan Nazarudin they are also eating more animal protein, dairy and fats... so which one is it? Their traditional high carb diet? Or their new diet with more animal products and junk food? If it was just ‘refined carbs’, white rice is a refined carb and has been eaten as a staple by asians for thousands of years, it doesn’t make sense. Your argument has a lot of missing information and has lots of holes.
@@andrewhorton Her argument doesn't have holes you just can't read. It's not even an arguments but pure facts. It's not animal proteins and fats causing weight gain. It's the fact that they're eating more junk food. As far as rice, not only his it not the only food that people of Asian descent eat, as stated above leading a more sedentary life is also a contributor. Where many people in the past were burning those calories they ate, they aren't any longer.
victoriabeckfinat225 and they’re also eating more animal products. Everyone knows that the rising middle class in Asia consume more meat and dairy than they’ve traditionally consumed. Indisputable.
You mean: pasta sushi roll pitta burrito donut burger sandwich Coz I would like that on top of my pancake waffle chimichanga taco macaroni cheese potato fries pizza
If I could watch this when I was younger, I would’ve had. I’m a type 1 diabetic so I have to manually give myself insulin through needles and shots. It can be hard because me and my mom both suffer from it. We always hope for a cure one day...
Type 1 diabetes is NOT cause by diet and watching this video would have done nothing to prevent your condition. Type 2 is the one cause by diet and lifestyle factors. Type 1 diabetes occurs when your immune system, the body’s system for fighting infection, attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Scientists think type 1 diabetes is caused by genes and environmental factors, such as viruses, that might trigger the disease.
@Kat Sew you have to eat keto to regulate your bloodsugar? damn, thats tough. Have you got a pump and automatic bloodsugar tester? if not, why? please understand I dont mean to offend, I'm just curious
@Jerod E btw it’s not a full reversal it’s remission which can last up to 10+ years, but only if you continue the diet forever, if not it’ll come right back. I’m type 2, my levels have gone back to normal range too, I only take a few pills now an Ozempic once a week. I limit myself to
@@dursty3226 I think it doesn't always mean a "sad comment". Wherever can enable you to have more knowledge and they have different method to transfer the information. So, the method that is suitable to you will help you more than others.
This has been the truth for me and everyone I know who has battled with weight gain. Limit carb intake and increase exercise makes excess weight melt away.
This is great! Can you do ones on fat/oil and protein as well as perhaps other nutrients, too? Also I would be interested in learning more about the role of fiber. Thanks again for the vid!
This video omits an important fact that starch (for example bread) containing only glucose molecules is healthier than sucrose (sodas) due to fructose. Fructose is metabolised in a very different way from glucose which makes fructose unhealthier.
According to the all the doctors and researchers I've heard, all say Sugar is Sugar, regardless of where it comes from Glucose, Fructose, all the same once it passes the neck.
But that's is just one of the foods and it's mostly water. In Brazil meat and beans make a huge part of the daily meals which contains way more protein than sugars.
does it matter if you understood, it could be a miss in animation ( for sure ). Little things let go :). And i just said it, dont wanna see any negative reply to this. ^^
I simply LOVE straight scientific information. It's way much better (at least for me) than that "you need to reeducate you eating habits" talk. Thanks TED for that!
You guys should at least give out suggestions, since people's diet could be well based on these foods, and with no replacement they would search for any other alternative, only to end up at the same place they once were, thinking they were fine.
+Yan Chenier But he said something about how sugar linked with fibre (fruits and veggies) is harder to break down and requires more time to be released into the blood stream. INstead of having it all released quickly quickening the process of insulin resistance. Someone correct me if i'm wrong.
+Zac Nedianu it's not as quick, but it's still damageable. Berries are different though, since they tend to reduce the insulin spike (and it's not because of fiber, it's something else).
i love this video!! i show it to my patients all the time!! very accurate and informative and simple enough for anyone to understand!! thank you soo much!! u are helping save lives!!
I think it's important to emphasise that not all carbs are bad. processed carbs and refined sugars are different from carbs that exist from nature. having a banana or bread is not the same as having can of soda when if comes to heath benefits.
some foods we think are safe are also a threat to our health, some fruits are too sweet compare to their original composition thousanbdof years ago, even wheat, read the book The wheat belly and decide if bread is still good for you.
Tell that to my tummy. I rarely eat meat and eat lots of fruits and whole grain products but I still gained a lot of weight. I cut back on those and preferred low carb foods while using sucralose as sweetener. 3 months of low carb diet - I already lost 35 lbs and my bloodsugar went down to 94 from 120.
Good information, however it is important to note that the number one energy source for the brain is glucose, or sugar. Carbohydrates are healthy and necessary for good health. However not all carbs are created equal. Liquid carbs digest quicker so have a much more dramatic effect on blood sugar than carbs that are solid. Also, foods with a high glycemic index have a lower glycemic index when eaten with a fiber rich vegetable and protein. Do not believe that you need to avoid carbs to be healthy, your body needs them, it just does not need too many and it needs high quality sources like fruits and vegetables, not soda.
Carbs are not bad. They are important in our body. You just need to choose the right carbs. Don't eat sugar, White bread, and prosessed carbs. Eat carbs like fruit, whole grains and vegetables.
I love to learn something new everyday, sorta worried about my eating habits in the past now that I see this video. Oh well, gotta move forward though, right? Improve my nutrition. Keep learning the science. Thanks Ted!
The video has been educational and I enjoyed it BUT I think there should be more discussion about complex carbohydrate. Audiences should get to know that complex carbonydrate are healthier choice as it keeps you full longer than simple carbs. Anyway, I like the ending! "Sugar is sugar and too much isn't good."
I've been Lifting for 4 years and I made huge progress 455 on squat 500 in the deadlift 315 on the bench but I bought a year ago all those numbers went down as I wanted to get more fit and more lean and I never used to track my calories or my carbs and protein and about a week ago I started tracking my carbs in my protein and all my lives are going up exponentially
Bro the video addresses this. It says that you shouldn't eat processed foods that are high in starch as it is easily digested. Hence processed foods like cola and a doughnut have high glycemic index. Despite a bowl of rice having the same calories as a can of soda,it is medium glycemic index as rice also has fibres(depends on the type of rice but most types have fibres) so the fibres act as dampers the lessen the effects of carbs on the body. That's why it's fine to eat fruits vegetables etc. What is NOT fine is eating processed foods that don't have fibres.
Also, according to this video, is a high carb low fat diet dangerous? Because many vegans eat lots of carbs (fruits etc) and as little fats as possible.
+4 leaf clover There is no "best" ratio. Different people have different needs. I for instance eat a roughly 70% carb 15% protein and 15% fat kind of diet. It is 100% plant based. Carbs are great! But like the video said it matters a bit what kind of carbs you eat. I try to eat most of my carbs with fibers in them. Vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole grains are great sources of carbs.
+4 leaf cloverit has been described that 15% protein, 55% carbs (45% of complex and no more than 10% of simples or sugars) and 30% fat (up to 8% of saturated and 1% of trans) may be a good ratio for healthy people to keep a healthy life, but this will depend on your BMI, % body mass and if you have any diseases.
I don't know why all these vegans in the comment section are so angry... The video didn't say "eat 0 carbs," and it actually said that fruits and vegetables have lower glycemic indices. It was explaining new research that indicates that excess, refined carbs (like what's found in junk food) is linked to metabolic syndrome. It was very educational.
Directly from the video he said things like vegetables and whole grains contain complex carbohydrates that are linked together with beta bonds, which we cannot break down. Eat all the whole grains and veggies you want. I lost 60lbs after switching from junk food to whole grains, veggies, lean meat, and dairy. And I dropped my blood pressure back to normal levels after being in the prehypertension risk level.
Total Carbohydrate 19 g Dietary fiber 4 g Sugar 14 g could someone please simple explain this the difference between that Dietary Fiber and Sugar and Total Carbohydrate on any item Nutritious chart ? and the impact as well .
+Vegetable Madness Ⓥ First of all, by meats they do not mean bacon. Bacon is an unhealthy processed meat. Eggs and mangoes (mangoes have fiber why would you think they are unhealthy...) as they said are healthy. Health claims are exaggerated and false, but sugar is something we should all agree is horrible for us. Milk is not needed in our diet and was not even related to the video. Vox made a great vid on why dairy was promoted by the government even though we don't need it.....
It's Complicated yeah, people have had animal milk since the beginning of history, it's always easy to say we don't "need" a very specific food item, but LOTS of people drank milk before the government "pushed" it, and people will continue to drink it no matter what kind of cow puss nonsense vegans come up with...
I've been both keto and vegan and from my experience I have way more energy and a clearer mind being vegan than being keto or paleo. Regardless though for every medical study that comes out on a certain diet being the best one there's always going be another study that contradicts it.
@@hata6290 there is absolutely nothing wrong with a vegan diet and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with a meat diet. Their heart isn’t screaming it’s happy. Thankfully there is an overwhelming amount of VALID evidence and data that supports this
the healthiest diet is, fruit & oatmeal for breakfast, spinach & or other leafy greens & fish (baked not fried) for lunch & supper (just the one fish & leafy greens meal a day is recommended but two is ok) . try this diet and watch the glow after 2-3 weeks and the dreams will be amazing
Carbohydrates are life! So we have a TED-Ed telling us our body fuels itself on carbs, then tells us in the same video that we should cut back on the carbs... Hmmm is this called starving? "too many carbs can be a problem"...? Great scientific claim there(?). I like how the video tried really hard to ignore using the word FAT with words like 'savoury' and 'circumference'.
There is also a huge question of proportion. There are no "good and bad" carbs. Yet some should be taken in higher moderation than others, which you may want to add on a daily basis to all of your meals.
This can be a little misleading as the body needs alot of carbs to function effectively, but modern diets try to minimize carbs as much as possible. You need carbs, just not copious amounts of them
Carbs are not required for human survival.. They just give us fuel for energy which can be also acquired from protien and fats, Although In todays age and lifestyle it is hard to maintain a "carbless diet", just eating the optimal amount of carbs(complex carbs) according to the daily energy expenditure is the key to safely consume them..
Don't think so. If they are going chemical with the explanation, they should also explain the chemical sense of carbohydrates, which is everything consisting only of C,H, and O atoms, vs. nutritional "carbohydrates", which is used for saccharides. Plus, why are they making the frame at 00:54 additionally confusing by shuffling the order!? Sucrose should be right of fructose, as should lactose be right of galactose ... god damn it, not watching further.
For people who are working out make sure you take proteins and carbs.They are very important for muscle growth.But have a balance of the portions for rice,bread and ect you take in.Dont take excessive amounts
Let's see ... cheese has a low glycemic index and chocolate syrup has a high glycemic index. So that means eating Wisconsin aged cheddar and sipping Hershey's syrup is the equivalent of eating veggies. Maybe the blood sugar curves are differently shaped, but overall the same, right?
+George Steele The problem is that you don't have any fiber. While it's glycemic index is low, cheese won't stop the syrup from spiking your blood sugar. Also, eating too much cheese and other fatty foods will lead to blocked arteries and heart disease later in life. You also are neglecting all the important vitamins and minerals you can only get from fruits and veggies, especially leafy greens. While eating sugar and cheese doesn't spike your blood sugar like sugar and more sugar would, there's really no getting around having to eat healthy.
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check out a channel called "What I've Learned", I think it also has very interesting science videos similar to this on food, packed with plenty of evidence
After reading some of the comments here and in other videos related, it seems like the behavior of some vegans is borderline fanatic, not accepting information and research. It's a quite interesting phenomenon.
Sorry late to the party here. There’s veganism and then there’s VEGAMISM-the upper case, ideological veganism, the kind that goes beyond diet and lifestyle wisdom to a sort of counterfactual crusade. For this crowd, it has become an article of faith that not only is meat-eating bad for humans, but that it’s always been bad for humans. It just ain’t so. As new study's makes clear, not only did processing and eating meat come naturally to humans, it’s entirely possible that without an early diet that included generous amounts of animal protein, we wouldn’t even have become human-at least not the modern, verbal, intelligent humans we are.
Omg. What is with all the angry vegans here. Veganism is amazing...but you can't debate that high GI carbs with low amounts of nutrients and fibre aren't good for you. You should be aiming to eat foods that are nutritionally dense, like sweet potatoes and non gmo whole grains. Notice that when they're talking about carbs being bad, they're showing foods like donuts and refined pasta...not fruits and starches.
I'm studying nutrition. And I wanted to add something that my teacher talked us. They saw an increase in the Asian population of high triglycerides level in blood. The person was eating quite normally and they didn't understand why until they discover that it was due to how they cooked their carbohydrates (rice, here). They let the rice cook for so long that all the polysaccharides became simple molecules of glucose (due to the heat) before the digestion and the glycemic index was really the same as soda or white bread. So the time of cooking is really important, don't let it cook for 40 minutes. (I had to make my mom understand but she says she doesn't like raw pasta lol)
I don’t know what to say except for that ‘you’re in charge’. I know that excessive carbohydrates is not good at my body, but i can’t help eating food to include this. Especially, when i get stressed. Also, I think it actually comes from excessive advertisements about these food. Many company have been making us looking for these food, keeping us posted. Sometimes, I feel like they have to keep thier head down to people’s health. You’re with me on this, right? We need to get this straight not to put our lives in danger. In that sense, to keep us from doing something harmful, not only we are tying to keep off excessive carbohydrates, but also we need some help doing things like that to many food companies. Carbohydrate definitely is essential to live in our lives, i just wanted to say that this might put our lives in danger if we don’t regulate.
There's no way I could ever believe that eating a moderate amount of non-refined carbs is bad. Why does our saliva contain amylase then? It clearly shows that consumption of carbs was crucial to our ancestors' survival, so much so that those who couldn't break them down in their saliva didn't survive to this day
this video is not stating you should not eat a moderate amount of non-refined carbs. watch it again maybe ? Well, maybe they should have insisted on the fact that the human body still needs carbs to thrive even though you should not eat "too much" of it... everything's about balance
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In situations like this, I always recommend to people on getting guidance at least from someone that understands price action and all that while you strive on improving yourself by watching videos and learning fundamental analysis.
This was pretty good . I'm in homeschool and my mom does not help me to do my work , so I need to look fo topics, activities and learning resources . In 7th grade , you need to learn about this , carbohydrates and as i'm in homeschool i don't follow a traditional school learning topics so I wanted to learn about this for Biology and it was amazing . Thanks for this .
The biggest problem with demonizing starchy carbs is that they are great for fueling workouts. While you don't need them, they will likely improve your performance because your body can more readily use glucose from carbs and actually prefers to. If you aren't active, carbs aren't as helpful. But the people that demonize them do so from a standpoint of health, while ignoring the benefits carbs can provide for exercise, whether strength training or cardio. This is a good hint that they don't do a lot of exercise, despite pretending to be a poster child for health. If you can stick to a keto diet and you're happy with your performance when exercising, good for you. Have at it. But there's a damn good chance your performance would increase notably with some starchy carbs in your diet.
Check ur ideal kilos and make a eating plan. If u are over weight or obese , cut sugar and carbonhidrats such as bread , rice , pasta , process food and pizzas .. it depends on how many kilos u are over weight but if ur kilos not over then 10 kilos from ur ideal kilo then u can still eat once or twice a week some sweet or harmful fast food to reduce ur diet torture. U r mostly focus on eating vegetables , yogurt , red meat , fish , chicken , soups , eggs , beans etc. So u have still plenty of eating healthy options. White breads , soft drinks , deserts and fast food are the worst ones which u have to strongly stay away.. wish all u a happy healthy life.
i don't think that some pasta is the same of sugar. i mean in italy people eat a lot of pasta, a lot, and there aren't so many diabetic or obese people
True. But they also eat a lot of meat and a lot of fiber. Same as the japanese diet. It's very high in carbs, but, the one common thing with all the diets that work is - cutting sugar and processed foods. If you're interested I recommend the channel named "what I've learned" he has a lot of videos on this subject. I genuinely recommend giving cutting sugar out a try.
True, but how much sugar was added to the pasta we eat ( not to mention how bastardized was the ingredients between the field and the table) ? How much sugar was added to the canned sauce? How much was added to those Castco meatballs? How much was added to that garlic bread? And having lived for a summer in Italy, they eat a TON of veggies, far more than they eat pasta. Everything, literally everything comes with veggies. You want a pizza? They don't have pepperoni, they have blanco or veggie, and that's about it. And they don't have a lot of sweets. There weren't any donuts shops anywhere I went, their cakes don't have frosting, they don't have cookie sections in the stores, etc.
@@mcaskey358 yea, its quite "strange" going to a restaurant or grocery store in europe. their "Sweets/snacks" aisles dont really exist, its a small section and everything is kinda lumped together in a "bad for you" section lol. i havent been to italy, but, yea frosting seems to be an american thing. their cakes/baked goods usually have sweetend fruit and powdered sugar, very rare to see frosting on things. sometimes u'll get cream filled desserts.
@@matty9460 Not all calories are used for fuel. Much of the time, fats and proteins are used for rebuilding. If you don't get enough macros in the name of weight loss, you'll be malnourished.
