While simple carbs (white bread, maida products, juice, candy, etc.) are good after a workout as you need a quick supply of nutrients and these do the work; The low - glycemic carbs (whole fruits, vegetables, whole grains and their products), digest really slow allowing a slow release of blood glucose into the blood.
Molecularly speaking, a complex carbohydrate is a long chain of three or more carbon rings,
while a simple carb only consists of one or two carbon rings.
Not exact matches
At least now we know how much strenuous work (and how many
carbs were consumed) did it take
while developing this «
simple» recipe.
To keep the variables
simple, the two observation periods were like two sides of a balance scale: during the first period, 30 % of baseline calories were cut through
carb restriction alone,
while fat intake remained the same.
While it's true that complex
carbs are better than
simple carbs, since they contain longer chains of sugar molecules which take more time for the body to break down and use, resulting with a more even amount of energy and avoiding huge insulin peaks, that doesn't mean that we're free to eat as much of them as we want and expect to maintain optimal health.
Nuts deliver a healthy dose of muscle - fueling protein and good fats,
while dried fruits are rich in
simple carbs, making them easier for your body to digest so they can immediately be used to replenish glycogen lost during your workout.
Simple carbs spike it
while complex
carbs are a bit slower.
While it is clear that unrefined
carbs are just as effective as refined high - GI
carbs at enhancing recovery and restoring glycogen levels over a 24 hour period, there are certainly times when a
simple high - GI shake is warranted.
The theory behind this type of diet is pretty
simple: gain all the benefits of a short - term low -
carb program (weight loss, lean muscle mass preservation)
while not driving yourself crazy.
A higher
carb diet
while it may show wonderful cholesterol results on a
simple blood test may be wholly misleading.
There is a reason why diabetics today are prescribed diets based on combining vegetables with proteins
while laying off
simple and complex
carbs,
while eating a diet high in fat.
Get some shredded chicken (preferably the fatty cuts, e.g., chicken thighs) and mix with hummus
while folding them in a wrap of lettuce of your choice for a
simple low
carb low - calorie lunch.
Typically,
simple sugars such as table sugar (sucrose) are high GI
carbs,
while most complex
carbs, such as sweet potatoes, are low GI
carbs.
While many people refer to a ketogenic diet as a low -
carb, high - fat (LCHF) diet, it involves much more than such a
simple term suggests.
While some may argue that complex
carbs are «better» than
simple carbs, low
carb diets, like the Ketogenic take a different viewpoint, which is that both
simple and complex
carbs are insulin triggers that provide the body with a fuel source that can turn to stored fat (glucose).
works great, better than starches or dextrose for me — i'm not gaining fat weight, etc. just be careful to ramp up slowly and to eat / drink the
simple carbs with meals, etc. you can do this in the meantime
while you dig deeper into your possible gut issues.
It's okay to indulge in these
simple carbs once in a
while, but don't use them as your main source of carbohydrates.
While there is no need to eliminate it completely, you most definitely want to limit your intake of
simple carbs and get most of your
carb intake from complex
carbs.
The
carbs in sweet potatoes break down into sugars and starches, with 32 % of the total
carbs consisting of
simple sugars like fructose, glucose and sucrose,
while 53 % of the
carbs are starches.
Diets high in
simple carbs have been shown to increase our risk of diabetes and heart disease,
while complex
carbs have been shown to do the opposite.
Carbs provide the quickest energy: simple and sugary carbs are absorbed the fastest, while healthy complex carbs, like those found in whole grains or legumes, take lo
Carbs provide the quickest energy:
simple and sugary
carbs are absorbed the fastest, while healthy complex carbs, like those found in whole grains or legumes, take lo
carbs are absorbed the fastest,
while healthy complex
carbs, like those found in whole grains or legumes, take lo
carbs, like those found in whole grains or legumes, take longer.
Smathers pointed out that,
while all carbohydrates function as relatively quick energy sources,
simple carbs cause bursts of energy much more quickly than complex
carbs because of the quicker rate at which they are digested and absorbed.
Simple carbs can lead to spikes in blood sugar levels and sugar highs,
while complex
carbs provide more sustained energy.
While strictly logically «fewer calories eaten than required for weight maintenance» equals «weight loss», it's not that
simple, and «traditional» low - protein / low - fat, high -
carb / high - fiber diets leave a lot to be desired when looking at nutritional value.