Jillian Michaels on Carb Quality, Not Carb Elimination: recommends

Jillian Michaels says glucose fuels the brain and that “cutting carbs — BAD IDEA” is her bottom line: whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes carry nutrients that support immunity and gut health, per The List. She argues that “the key when it comes to health and even to optimizing your metabolism is carb quality” — avoiding processed grains and refined sugars rather than carbohydrates themselves — and that any lifestyle with “elimination as a mantra is always doomed to fail.”

Her stated reasoning is twofold: nutritionally, she says cutting carbs cuts the fiber and nutrients the body needs and that carbs are “absolutely necessary for optimal health”; behaviorally, she presents elimination diets — including keto-style and carb-cycling fads — as unsustainable by design. She frames her position as the middle path between carb-free extremism and junk-carb excess.

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