Does too much starch in your diet make you fat?!


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if you eat more calories than you use, eventually, anything can make you fat.

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Yes.

too much of any food makes you fat. you have to count calories.

only if you don't burn off the calories

It can only make you fat if you don't exercise enough to burn it off.

Yes--if you do not get exercise to burn some of it away.

yes.it changes into glucose in your small instestine.

Absolutely! Try decreasing the starch, and add fruit and vegetables in large quantities, you'll loose some of that weight.

Starch turns to SUGAR and too much sugar not only makes you fat but it's not healthy for your triglycerides and your sugar level in general.

starch is a polysacharride of glucose molecules. it is a carbohydrate.it will make u fat if u are eating it above ur recommended level of carbohydrates(i.e) if u eat the amount more than that required by the body then the glucose molecules will be mobilised into liver to make glycogen and and when more of glucose is there then fattyacids oxidatiion will be reduced so these fattyacids will be stored in adipose tissue and u will become fat.

Starches are Carbs, Carbs are used by your body for readily available energy, Energy in the form of calories, unused calories turn to fat.

Yes, absolutely. "Starch" is just another way of saying carbohydrate . and if you are not doing enough activity to warrant the extra carbs, you will gain weight. You have to use what you take in.

Yes. Your diet must be a balanced one. If you are already fat and no strainous job then certainly you will put on. The carbohydrates give you easy energy, but proteins build muscles. Therefore it is advised to take balanced diet as per the need and availability.
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SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT TRG AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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