Carb and Fat question

[Slaiv]

ok my question is, is it ok to take in fat with carbs?

well.... let me elaborate on that a bit...

is it ok to take in fats as long as they are efa's (olive, almonds, avacado, light mayo, etc...) with carbs?

reason why i ask is because i know carbs is what shuttles nutrients to where they are supposed to go, protein to muscles. I know its always important to eat you meals that are either

Pro / Fat

Pro / Carb

but from my understanding never

Carb / Fat

but does that mean any kind of carbs with any kind of fats? or is there certain exceptions?

I know everything has at least some amount of carbs and everything has some amounts of fat, but im not talking about just 4-7g, im talkin about 14-19g of efa and 40-60g of carbs

let me give you an example:

Baked chicken Potatoe Salad

1 chicken breast baked with fat free spray
2 cooked and mashed potatoes (white)
1/4 cup of peas
1/4 cup of lemon juice
4 tblsp of light mayo with *****-3 (i love it!!)
1/2 cup of chopped onions


i wont type in the details on the pro/carb/fat of each item but this makes roughly about 2 servings (actually one if your really really hungry)

Servings : 2

Macros per serving:

27g protein
46g carbs
(11g being fiber, so tech. 35g of carbs)
19g of fat

so now you see the purpose of my question? what would you guys consider this meal? healthy? good meal for bulking? or this is just completely sloppy and ill get fat?

OH !! another thing, i had this after my PWO shake (about 1hr 30min after my shake) so i did work out the day i ate this, i wouldn't eat carbs on non-workout days anyways :-P

soooo..... what do you guys think?

again as always, thank you very much for all your comments and replies! i look forward to hearing from you guys !!!

[taiboxa]

good fats w/ carbs is ok since the fats slow down digestion, thus lowering the insulin spike and also prevent crashing
but from what i have read high amounts of sat fats can have an adverse effect causing a synergistic bloodglucose spike

i always have equivalent macro ratios in all my meals.. since good fats aid in proper digestion

[Slaiv]

wooooooow !!!! nice nice nice reply tai !! daaaamn !!!

"synergistic bloodglucose spike"

that word right there was like a mental/brain orgasm for me, damn tai!!

ok, im glad that it is ok!!

oh no!! out of those 19g of fat, about 3.5 is fat and the rest is all made up of poly/mono

so then this is ok? would you rate the above recipe a bulking meal?

btw...... i made it !!! it came out soooo good !!! im such a good cook now

[naturalsux]

i always eat fat and carb meals. i think pro/ carb and pro/fat is only if you get fat easily. you know so your body doesnt have too much carbs and fat to burn off. i think that meal is fine, i like the high fiber.

[novastepp]

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=271788

give yourself some time to read that article. it is amazing, and it addresses the no fats and carbs myth.

my advice would be that if you have some fats in a meal with carbs that is fine. just make sure, like you said, that they are good healthy fats, and hopefully you have a very low GI carbs source. adding a good wholesome protein source to that meal will indeed lower the GI even more, and you will more than likely, have no subsequent fat storage.

if you diet is on point and clean, there isn't a problem with it at all.

[Slaiv]

wow! is tha tyou in the avatar?! man your a beast!! good job !!