DoctorOz: Bob Harper's Super Carb Diet - Bringing Carbs Back!

Thank you, thank you. Today celebrates carbs, the pasta you love, the breads you denied yourself, the rice you just dreamt about. They are all going back on your plate. So who was saying you can eat all this again? After years of cutting carbs to lose weight, the face of fitness himself, Bob Harper, from The Biggest Loser, has had a change of heart, literally. Almost a year after suffering a heart attack that nearly killed him, Bob is here with this new super-carb diet that changed his health. It'll do the same for you. Bob, come on out. So good to see you. Chad, I love having you here. I mean, doesn't he look good today? Dr. Oz looks good. You know who looks good is you. Because when you have a friend that's really sick, and maybe you've been here, and you're worried you're gonna lose him, and you never, ever, ever have the ability to connect again, and then all of a sudden, they're just back like nothing ever happened. Gosh. It's unbelievable. It's been a crazy year, Dr. Oz. How are you feeling? I'm feeling good. I'm feeling a lot better. I mean, thank you. This past year, for me, has been a year of just recovery. And now, this next year, I'm going to be getting my body back. You know, I'm looking to do that this year. I don't think you lost it. I'm pretty happy with everything you're doing. So Bob's here with a big announcement. He says that the days of cutting carbs are over. Now, for you, this is a big deal. Why the change of heart? Well, I just, you know, we work in this business, and we see all these diets, and I've done so many of them throughout the years, and I really wanted to press the reset button and find balance again on our plates because everything just got so off balance, in my opinion. You know what I love about you? You keep up with all the stuff that scientists are saying about food. There's so much to talk about, but I'm going to focus on the diet initially, But at the very core, what you're showing us is resilience. You can bounce back from being dead for, what, 17 minutes? It was a long time. How many people can say they did that? All right, so let's focus on the carbs initially. So there's two kinds of carbs, super carbs, right? And then there are these garbage carbs, right? Garbage, right. So what the heck is super carb? What the hell is garbage? Super carbs are going to be those complex carbohydrates, right? Those foods that take a lot longer to digest in the system. them, like brown rice pastas and whole grain breads, those type of foods. Carbs are going to be those things that just like, you know, just rip through the system. They're just empty calories. They taste good for a second. And then all of a sudden you've got all these empty calories that didn't do you any good. So with women, I say 30 grams of carbs at every single meal, men around 45. All right. So let's focus on women. Okay. 30 grams is two slices of whole grain bread. Right. And this is what I love, because I want to be able to have a sandwich and not feel like I've committed some cardinal sin. For sure. All right, so that works for breakfast. For lunch, you okay with rice now? I love rice. I mean, I just went to the grocery store today and packed up a lot of good rice in the grocery store. All right, so bread, rice, half cup. And then pasta, which is, I mean, bad Bolton. I can't imagine Bob Harper okay with pasta. Yeah, I like a pasta. I feel like I was Italian in a past life. So, you know, it's like I get enjoyment from it. And there are so many great ones that are out there right now that you can try because I really think pasta on its own tastes the same. It's what you put on that pasta. Let's prove that point. So let's do bread first, then we'll do pasta. Okay. So first off on bread. And these are the foods that people fear the most. Earlier in the season, you should know. Here, hang on. I'm going to teach you about this for a second. We said from now on that we're no longer going to declare war on bread. Let's end the war on bread. Let's end the war on bread. And it was very popular with the audience. I think a lot of folks felt they just need to have a little bit of bread in their life. And you say it's okay with you, but with some restrictions. Yeah, it's that thing, you know, whenever I see Oprah go, I love bread. I'm like this, so do I. That's right. So true. Yeah. But when you go for the bread, it's not that real, like, you know, starchy white breads. It's not even the breads that say whole wheat or whole grain. And you've got to see that 100% on there. Right. So we've all heard of avocado toast, which I happen to adore. You've upped the game. You've created Greek yogurt toast. Here's the thing. I have to watch my fat intake. And I stay more low fat. I still have my fat. But avocado toast got to be a little bit too much avocado on it. So I thought, what can I do? Let's do like a Greek yogurt for my protein. And let me tell you, when I first came up with this, I was like, you know, a little mad scientist in my own kitchen. And I decided to put Greek yogurt, and I thought, people are going to think I'm so weird to do this. Everyone loved it. Of course they do. They were like, I want to eat that. You're weird in just the right way. I know. It's weird in just the right way. Now, pasta, and I'm going to let you just pontificate on this. I want people to hear you clearly. The pasta itself is the base. Right. It's what you add on that you argue makes a difference. In that case, we can actually pick a pasta that's super healthy for us. So walk us through some of the great options. Those gluten-free options, if you're gluten-free, I mean, there's a sorghum pasta that not many people know about, quinoa pastas, spelt pastas. There are these red lentil pastas, what I'm really into right now, and chickpea pastas. It's like people think it sounds really weird at first, but give it a try, see what it's like, because when you put whatever it is that you want to put on that pasta, it's going to taste great. And most of you, the Italians especially, Actually, I know you can taste the difference. That's not what Bob's saying. The question is, does it taste good the way it is? Don't compare it to the old semolina stuff. So, look, spelt pasta, 8 grams of fiber per serving. Sorghum pasta's got more antioxidants than blueberries. And quinoa pasta's got the most protein of any of these options. So, you have your choice. You have fiber. You've got antioxidants. You've got protein. Pick the thing you want, and then you can get away with the sausage you want. Absolutely. And I think that you've got to be able to think outside the box. It doesn't need to be the way that your mom made it all the time. You know, things are ever-changing and growing. So that's why I think try out some different pastas and see what you think. So speaking of trying out, I know around the holidays people get together for a cookie exchange. But I thought, why not let everyone get together and try new pastas? A carb swap, if you will. Take a look at the first annual pasta exchange. hey dr. Oz so my pasta of choice was the sorghum spaghetti with marinara sauce hey dr. Oz so I'm from Texas and we love everything with beef so we got broccoli buttered broccoli with some brown rice linguine pasta super excited hello dr. Oz so I have a quinoa penne pasta with um sauteed garlic and oil with some peas. Ooh, it's so yummy. All right, let's eat some. I want to eat. Ooh, what do you got? Hi, Dr. Oz. I have mushroom orzo with fresh garlic and a little bit of cheese in there, too. Elaine is here. She actually hosted the event. So, how do the pastas work? Explain. You got the blood in you. First of all, this was so fun. It was a different idea. We did a ladies who lunch idea, and everybody brought their own pastas, and we came up with an orzo instead of maybe a risotto. You could try that. Manja, manja. How is it? That will allow mangia, mangia. That's really good. What's this? This one is the sorghum. Oh. The hardest to find. The hardest to find. The hardest to find because everybody kept trying to sell us the actual grain. This is very, very good. It was worth the effort. Which one did you like? I feel the same way. Beyond breakfast, lunch, and dinner, there's a fourth meal, he says. We all ought to be eating. He calls this the floater meal. Find out how to add this newly identified meal into your day. More rules from Bob when we come back. Let's do this. Bob on three. One, two, three. Bob. Back with my good friend Bob Harper, who is revealing his favorite super carbs. Now, he just showed us how we can get away with bread and pasta. You heard right. Bread and pasta. We can all do it. Now, he's going to explain why we all need to be adding a fourth meal. He calls it a floater meal into our days. So, before we get into this fourth meal, I want everyone to go through this. This is a day of super carbs. We're going to start off our day with a breakfast made of frozen granola cakes. Yep. Now, granola, for most of us, has a bad connotation. Granola is a bad word, right, in the diet world. Not the way I'm doing it because I've made it with your whole rolled oats. I'm going to add Greek yogurt to that. We're going to mix that up, and we're going to put them in these little cupcake tins. And all of a sudden, you add berries on top. You throw them in the freezer. Is that simple? And they're so good. They're super simple, and they travel really well. And, I mean, look how cute they are. If you're going to copy his work, copy him exactly. So, we made these. And they have oats, but they don't have the sugar of the granola, which is really what gets you. They're really good. They're really good. They've got protein. Did you get that off your... Yeah. Okay. I'm at my best where I'm eating granola, Bob. All right. So, the moment you've all been waiting for. It's a whole new concept, which I like a lot. The idea of a floater meal. Right. Now, I want everyone to be clear on this. We don't just throw these terms out. We're not talking about just a simple snack. because a floater meal is very different. What is a floater meal? A floater meal is... It floats to you. Yeah, how much do you love that? It's so light, you'll float away on it. You'll just float away. I said that I wanted you to be able to have three meals a day, right? Just like we learned when we were kids, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I want to eat more food. Even with the way that I want you to eat, there's still room for more calories and more food. So I didn't want to use the word snack. This floater meal, you can have any time during the day, I choose to eat my floater meal at 8 or before you go to bed. And how many calories, roughly? The calories run, they're pretty low. They're going to be around that 200, you know, 150 to 200. But it's not 75. It's a meal, just one that floats to you. I mean, super easy and substantial. You know, I want you to feel like you're actually eating something. Because, again, I don't want to just have, like, three nuts in my hand. It just doesn't work for me. Never count nuts. My favorite floater meals from Bob's New Diet is something called an egg white protein shake, which is this. I love it. I like an egg white protein. Throw a little vegetable in your protein shake, especially if you're not getting enough vegetables during your day, because you're not really going to taste it. No. There's a fullness to this, and it's also not too sweet. I don't want things that overwhelm my palate. Yeah, because if I start to eat something that's too sweet, all of a sudden, I'm gonna want more sweets. On that regard, float away with the floater meals. Thank you for watching. Don't forget to subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss out on new videos to live the good life.