Consuming Carbohydrates (Carbs) is as important as Protein

Ask any bodybuilder and they will tell you that consuming the proper amount of carbohydrates and fats in diet is just as important as consuming your protein.

During recent years, carbohydrates have suffered a bad rep because of all the unreliable fad diets that are out there.

Carbohydrates are, in fact, the preferred fuel of choice for our bodies. More accurately, think of them as the flint in your lighter. The protein and the fats are the lighter fluid, but you can’t get that flame burning without the flint.

Carbohydrates enable our bodies to process the fuels we’ve taken in for proper brain function, cardiac activity, metabolism, and so much more. But if you take in too many carbohydrates, your body will not be able to use them all. They will be stored as fat, stored energy our body can tap into during times of emergency.

Using the calculator, if your aim is to achieve muscle, you can make certain you ingest between 2-3 grams of carbs per pound of bodyweight. If you are reducing weight, you should limit that to 1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight.

Our bodies need both simple and complex carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates are the monosaccharides that we process quickly, found in the sugars of fruits or juice, including bananas, pears, apples, and oranges, in milk or yogurt.

Complex carbs—polysaccharides—are digested more slowly, and they are richer in fiber, vitamins, and minerals. You will find them in potatoes, rice, whole-grain breads, cereal or oatmeal, legumes, and pasta. You can also get these from weight gainer supplements.

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