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If you’re planning your meals for the week today, leading nutrition doctors say you should be adding three high-carb foods to your cart or menu list today: steel cut oatmeal for breakfast, garbanzo beans with your salads and nuts as your snack. These foods have been proved to provide energy and metabolism-boosting effects. Starting your day with these foods and then peppering them throughout your diet all day can help you to keep your energy levels up while also supporting weight loss.
Steel Cut Oatmeal
“Steel cut oatmeal is going to be the most robust high carb food you can start your day with,” Dr. Matt Chalmers, a health and wellness professional, practicing doctor, author and speaker tells us. “This will give you a long slow “burn” that you can use to keep your energy high and movement quick. Keeping your energy up will help keep your metabolism higher thus allowing you to burn more calories throughout the day as well as allowing you to have the energy to function better. You can also add an egg to the oatmeal to have some protein.”
Garbanzo Beans
“I am a huge fan of beans, especially garbanzo beans,” Adrienne Youdim, MD, FACP, an internist who specializes in medical weight loss and nutrition and author of “Hungry for More,” tells us. “Not only do they provide a nice steady rise in blood sugar, which is critical to keeping you energized all day, they are also packed with protein (nearly 20 grams per serving), which is essential to maintaining lean muscle mass and therefore preserving your metabolism.”
Nuts
"Nuts are a great way to add healthy fats, proteins, fiber and antioxidants to your diet," Dr. Yelena Deshko, ND, a general family practitioner with a special interest in hormonal health explains. "The fats, proteins, and fiber found in nuts help to stabilize blood sugar levels, helping to combat sugar cravings. A 2013 research article found that eating nuts was associated with a reduced risk of death from any cause during the study and that the more frequently nuts were eaten, the lower the risk of death."
