Wet VS Dry Carbs

It has recently been brought to my attention that there are wet and dry carbs. Oatmeal and brown rice are examples of wet carbs because you have to add water to make them. Sweet potatoes/Yams are considered dry carbs. I heard that if you only consume wet carbs or the majority of your diet comes from wet carbs you will look softer then if you ate only dry carbs. Yams are dry carbs and when consumed suck more water from your sub q more then oatmeal or brown rice would leaving you with a harder, leaner and dryer look. This makes sense to me because days before competitions I have been told to only eat yams or rice cakes during my carb up given that those two carbs are dry carbs and there will be less water in my sub q leaving me with a harder and dryer look….This is a new topic for me and I would like to know if I am totally wrong or if what I am saying holds water.

ha no pun intended "holds water"

menna- i don't think that the philosophy behind that is true. yams have water in them, why do you think they shrink when you micro them, the water evaporates, but not all of it. some food allergies can make you hold sub q water. I ate sweet potatoes and brown rice throughout my prep and peek week with no issues with sub q water retention. joe will tell you most likely that there is no real difference between wet and dry carbs.  i mean look at oats..i eat mine raw, so does that make it a dry and wet carb, depending on how you cook it??? kind of silly  i think

I had my doubts about the topic too, although I do feel a little softer after I eat brown rice and I don’t feel as soft after I eat a yam. What you are saying makes sense yams do shrink and if you had dry oats that would make them a dry carb. I just wanted to clear up this rumor

Haha yea and then I took the info and did some online research and some people agreed with the topic and some didn’t so I brought it here to get an educated answer. I think that guy knows a lot about bodybuilding if you look at his other posts they makes sense, but he needs to take an etiquette class and learn how to talk to people.       

You are dropping everything you eat into an acid bath. Its then digested and it goes through a series of chemical reactions to become usable glycogen, which is then either used immediately or stored. First in the blood, then the liver, then the muscle. In that order. This takes time...and during that time you are consuming water that will go wherever it is needed. So...

Wet or dry has no bearing whatsoever.

So no syrup on your pancakes?