Carbohydrate Craze
Carbohydrates have been put into the spotlight ever since
diets like the Atkin’s Diet and the South Beach Diet have recommended cutting
carbohydrates out of your meals as much as possible. However, before you make
an drastic decisions about what foods to include and not include, it is crucial
to learn about carbohydrates and what they do for your body.
In short, carbohydrates can be good or bad for your body. It
is necessary to eat enough good carbohydrates, because that is how our body has
enough energy for low-intensity activities during the day. Carbohydrates are
famously found in breads and grains, but actually they are also found in a
number of other foods as well, such as fruits and vegetables. When keeping an
eye on your intake of carbohydrates it is important to distinguish the good
from the bad.
All carbohydrates are basically sugars. Complex
carbohydrates are the good carbohydrates for your body. These strings of sugar
are very difficult to break down and trap over nutrients like vitamins and
minerals in the sugar strings. As they slowly break down, the other nutrients
are also released into your body, and you can provide with fuel for a number of
hours.
Bad carbohydrates, on the other hand, are simple sugars.
Because their structure is not complex, it is easy to break down and holds
little nutrients for your body other than the sugars from which it is made.
Your body breaks down these carbohydrates rather quickly and what it cannot use
is converted to fat and stored in the body. Staying away from simple
carbohydrates is what most diets recommend, since they have little nutritional
value when compared to complex carbohydrates.
More importantly than how carbohydrates work in the body and
the difference between good carbohydrates and bad carbohydrates is how you can
actually eat these carbohydrates! First, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
These foods include carbohydrates, but also a variety of other nutrients needed
by your body. Another great tip is to cut the white bread and bread products
out of your diet and replace then with whole wheat or 12-grain breads instead.
Look at the packaging. Foods rich in fiber are probably a source of good
carbohydrates.
Learning the difference between good and bad carbohydrates
is very important if you wish to have a healthy diet. It is not good for your
body to cut out carbohydrates completely—in fact, that is very difficult to do
unless you only eat meat! Eating a healthy and balanced diet means including
good carbohydrates into your meals.
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