Carbohydrate Addiction and Deficiency Symptoms: What Is the Right Way to Consume Them?

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Are you a 'rice' person or a 'bread' person?

We often tend to choose foods packed with carbohydrates as our staple food.

In particular, rice, bread, and noodles are probably foods loved by many people.

However, since it became known that carbohydrates can actually be a greater enemy of dieting than fat, many people have struggled and tried low-carb, high-fat diets or even a no-carb, high-fat diet that completely excludes carbohydrates.

Although negative perceptions of carbohydrates have gradually grown, carbohydrates are actually one of the six essential nutrients that people must consume.

Today, while learning about carbohydrates, let's also look at what carbohydrate addiction symptoms and carbohydrate deficiency symptoms are.

What Are Carbohydrates?

As mentioned earlier, carbohydrates are one of the essential nutrients and are used by the body as an energy source.

The main energy sources are carbohydrates, protein, and fat.

Among them, carbohydrates generate the energy that supports brain activity, so it is best to consume at least a small amount if possible.

If carbohydrates are excessively deficient, the concentration of glucose in the blood drops and brain function does not work properly.

In severe cases, you may lose consciousness or even face life-threatening consequences, so caution is needed.

However, problems can also arise if you consume too many carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates can be stored at about 300 g in the muscles and about 100 g in the liver.

When calculated in calories, this amounts to about 1,600 kcal, and if you consume more than this, it is converted into triglycerides and stored, causing weight gain.

What Are the Symptoms of Carbohydrate Addiction?​

However, some people find it especially hard to cut out carbohydrates when dieting.

In such cases, you should suspect carbohydrate addiction symptoms.

In particular, if you often have bread or other wheat-based foods for dessert after eating rice, it can easily lead to excessive intake.

Carbohydrate addiction symptoms can include unconscious cravings for snacks and can also contribute to visceral obesity.

The main symptoms of carbohydrate addiction are as follows:

🥐 You feel hungrier after eating breakfast

🥐 You crave sweets for dessert

🥐 You deal with stress by binge eating

🥐 You get sleepy after meals

🥐 You eat flour-based foods more than three times a week

🥐 You prefer white rice over multigrain rice

🥐 You habitually eat late-night snacks

🥐 You feel hungry again soon even after eating until full

What Are the Symptoms of Carbohydrate Deficiency?

On the other hand, symptoms of carbohydrate deficiency also tend to stand out.

If you do not consume carbohydrates excessively, decreased brain function due to a lack of energy may appear as headaches, dizziness, and lack of sleep.

So, what signals do carbohydrate deficiency symptoms give?

🍚 Saliva is not secreted well

🍚 Bad breath is severe

🍚 You become forgetful often

🍚 Fatigue is present all the time

🍚 You become irritable and touchy about everything

🍚 Headaches accompanied by a shaking sensation in the head occur

🍚 You feel cold easily and get injured even from minor impacts

🍚 Your immune system weakens and you get sick often

🍚 You feel lethargic and hungry even after eating a full meal

🍚 You have hard stools when having a bowel movement

What Is the Proper Way to Consume Carbohydrates?

Today, we looked into carbohydrate addiction symptoms and carbohydrate deficiency symptoms.

To consume carbohydrates, it is recommended to keep them at 55–70% of your total calorie intake.

It is also said that consuming carbohydrates in the morning rather than at night is more efficient.

This is to increase the brain's daily activity level.

Also, refined carbohydrates such as white rice and wheat flour are digested quickly and can cause blood sugar overload, so it is more efficient to eat foods made with unrefined carbohydrates such as multigrain rice or whole wheat bread. Please keep this in mind.

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