good carbs and bad carbs!??
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good carbs and bad carbs!??
Okay i know it sounds silly but i really dont have any idea about how to read nutritional facts on any food stuff...need help! What are the good carbs? How much sugary content is okay? Is kjoules the rite term to consider or kcalories!?
Godo carbs are the Complex Low GI ones.
Those are things like Tomatos, Broccoli, Mushrooms, Soybeans etc etc, or basically ones rated 54 or less on a Glycemic index.
Then other ones like Simple Carbs occur from thigns like Sweets, Biscuits etc etc, although Fruit is a source of Simple Carb, as Fructose is sinple.
So if you want Carbs, basically have mostly low GI ones, and when you want some hgher GI complex Carbs, then you want things like Cereals for example, when Bloodsugar is low at Breaskfast, or perhaps high GI complex Carbs after workouts.
Ifyou consume those high GI complex Carbs, at other times, keep portions low, as how much of them, depends on how high your Bloodsugar goes up.
For example White Rice is about 87 GI, but obviously 1 grain isn't cause an 87% Bloodsugar spike, neither would 10 or 100, but lower portions keeps Glycemic impact lowered.
I think Kilojoules is the energy measurment, that Kilocals convert into once digested, as Carbs convert to Glucose energy in the diestion process.
I think from memory Sugar intake should be max, about 40g per 2,000 cals approx
Those are things like Tomatos, Broccoli, Mushrooms, Soybeans etc etc, or basically ones rated 54 or less on a Glycemic index.
Then other ones like Simple Carbs occur from thigns like Sweets, Biscuits etc etc, although Fruit is a source of Simple Carb, as Fructose is sinple.
So if you want Carbs, basically have mostly low GI ones, and when you want some hgher GI complex Carbs, then you want things like Cereals for example, when Bloodsugar is low at Breaskfast, or perhaps high GI complex Carbs after workouts.
Ifyou consume those high GI complex Carbs, at other times, keep portions low, as how much of them, depends on how high your Bloodsugar goes up.
For example White Rice is about 87 GI, but obviously 1 grain isn't cause an 87% Bloodsugar spike, neither would 10 or 100, but lower portions keeps Glycemic impact lowered.
I think Kilojoules is the energy measurment, that Kilocals convert into once digested, as Carbs convert to Glucose energy in the diestion process.
I think from memory Sugar intake should be max, about 40g per 2,000 cals approx