Carbohydrates

WHAT DO CARBS DO?

• Carbs are your main source of energy.
• Carbs help you carry out you everyday tasks
• A carb called fiber also helps you with your-
• digestive system, prevents colin cancer & heart disease.

WHAT IS CARB-LOADING 1

• Carb-Loading is for a athlete
• It is used for long term events(Marathon)
• They don't train a couple days before event
• They fill up their glucose reserves by eating carbs
• Once your glucose reserve is full then the carbs turn into fats.

What is Carb-loading 2

• Once you carb load for several days
• you have more sustained energy for your
• event like a marathon or triathlon
• You use all your glucose and fat that you stored

WHAT FOODS HAVE CARBS?

• You can find carbs in almost every food
• Simple carbs are found in foods like...
• Fruits, vegetables, and sweets(candy/chocolate)
• Complex carbs are found in foods like.....
• Wheat bread, pasta, grains, bagels....

WHEN SHOULD YOU EAT CARBS ?

• The best time to eat carbs are
• in the morning so you can burn off
• all the glucose and or fat you have stored
• if you eat them at night you dont burn them off
• and you will store up all the fat

HOW MUCH CARBS SHOULD YOU EAT?

• When you eat carbohydrates
• it should be 45 to 65 percent
• of your daily calorie intake.

FUN FACTS

• Simple carbs give you a short burst of energy
• while complex carbs give you longer sustained energy.
• Carbohydrates are mad up of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen
• If you eat too many carbs
• they will go to your fat reserves.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://diet.lovetoknow.com/wiki/What_Foods_Have_No_Carbs
• http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate-vs-usda-my...
• http://blog.mindfulmeal.com/healthy-cooking/global-food-pyramids-and-food-p...
• http://www.get2theleague.com/13-interesting-facts-about-carbohydrates-every...