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Carbohydrates (from ' hydrates of carbon') or saccharides ( Greek s???a??? meaning " sugar") are the most abundant of the four major classes of biomolecules, which also include proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. They fill numerous roles in living things, such as the storage and transport of energy ( starch, glycogen) and structural components ( cellulose in plants, chitin in animals). Additionally, carbohydrates and their derivatives play major roles in the working process of the immune system, fertilization, pathogenesis, blood clotting, and development. [1]Chemically, carbohydrates are simple organic compounds that are aldehydes or ketones with many hydroxyl groups added, usually one on each carbon atom that is not part of the aldehyde or ketone functional group. The basic carbohydrate units are called monosaccharides, such as glucose, galactose, and fructose. The general stoichiometric formula of an unmodified monosaccharide is (C·H2O)n, where n is any number of three or greater; however, the use of this word does not follow this exact definition and many molecules with formulae that differ slightly from this are still called carbohydrates, and others that possess formulae agreeing with this general rule are not called carbohydrates (eg formaldehyde).[2] Monosaccharides can be linked together into polysaccharides in almost limitless ways. Many carbohydrates contain one or more modified monosaccharide units that have had one or more groups replaced or removed. For example, deoxyribose, a component of DNA, is a modified version of ribose; chitin is composed of repeating units of N-acetylglucosamine, a nitrogen-containing form of glucose. The names of carbohydrates often end in the suffix -ose. Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrates in that they cannot be hydrolyzed to smaller carbohydrates. The general chemical formula of an unmodified monosaccharide is (C•H2O)n, where n is any number of three or greater.
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1. How To Lose Weight Fast
August 22, 2008
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I had tried to use a lot of other dieting methods before but never had any success until I found out... (read more)
Author: Jimmy C
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2. Dr. Joseph Mercola Lights the Path Towards Good Health!
August 20, 2008
Do you want to find out why a low-carbohydrate diet is better than a low-fat diet? Or ever wonder what Warren Buffett’s seven secrets are for living a happy and simple life?
Get all the information you need to start living healthy and happy at Mercola.com. Mercola.com is consistently among the world’s most popular natural health websites but it’s so much more than just a website – it’s a guide towards a healthy lifestyle.
Dr. Joseph Mercola, one of the most recognizable names in the health and wellness industry today, is the dynamic force behind Mercola.com. It started a decade ago m... (read more)
Author: Kaede Cruise
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3. Carbohydrates are Fuel for our Bodies
August 16, 2008
There are many different approaches and methods when calculating a diet for someone as far as carbohydrate intake is concerned. A general rule is to consume complex carbohydrates through out the day and high GI (simple) carbohydrates in and around training times.
Each person has a different tolerance to carbohydrates. Some people can consume large amounts while others keep them to a minimum. Generally speaking though if you’re dieting you would consume less than normal and while trying to gain weight you would increase your carbohydrate intake. In order to lose body fat you need to work i... (read more)
Author: Sandra Prior
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4. A Look At The Good And The Bad Of Atkins Diet
August 15, 2008
The Atkins diet is one of the most popular low carbohydrate diets on the market today. Its popularity has sparked dozens of look-a-like diets who center on the same principles of high-protein, low-carbohydrate eating. There are a lot of fish in the sea when it comes to choosing a low-carbohydrate plan.
Studies have shown that low-carbohydrate eating has many benefits. There have been scientific results that low-carbohydrate diets like Atkins do create significant weight loss without having to restrict calories. People who use the Atkins diet have also reported this. There are studies tha... (read more)
Author: Jackie Serta
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5. Finding Substitutes For Carbohydrate
August 15, 2008
Cutting down on carbohydrates with the Atkins diet is easy when you see the wide variety of proteins and vegetables that are on the acceptable foods list. However, it does take some time and adjustment to get used to this new way of eating. A lot of the American diet centers around complex carbohydrate foods like breads and pastas. Snack foods are full of sugars and refined carbohydrates. This new way of eating will challenge your old habits. However, there are many carbohydrate substitutes that can fill in the gap.
Some of the most popular replacement items are sugar substitutes. These ... (read more)
Author: Jackie Serta
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6. Craving For Carbohydrate
August 15, 2008
Carbohydrate cravings are difficult to deal with, especially when you are trying to maintain a low carbohydrate way of life. However, carbohydrate cravings are not just a matter of will power. As Dr. Atkins points out in his book, carbohydrates produce a flood of insulin and a rise in blood sugar. There is indeed a physical trigger for carbohydrate cravings, and it is one of the reasons that it is so easy to develop a high-carbohydrate, low protein way of eating.
There are many signs of physical carbohydrate cravings. You will experience a compelling hunger for carbohydrate rich foods. O... (read more)
Author: Jackie Serta
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7. Choosing The Right Snacks While On Atkins
August 15, 2008
We live in a society of nibblers. Long gone are the traditional three square meals per day. Today, people eat at their desks, catch a snack in the afternoon and eat late night goodies. Most, if not all, of these snacks are carbohydrate based and full of sugar. This poses a challenge to people who are trying to follow the Atkins plan. Snacking is a necessary part of keeping your blood sugar up, but most packaged snack foods are forbidden on the plan.
Sweet snacks are high in calories, full of empty carbohydrates and offer no nutritional value. But they sure are popular. There is actually ... (read more)
Author: Jackie Serta
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8. Maintaining The Atkins Diet
August 15, 2008
The final phase of the Atkins diet plan is lifetime maintenance. This is the time to continue your new eating plan at a maintenance level and keep yourself at your goal weight. The habits you have created will now become a permanent way of life. During the third phase, pre-maintenance, you learned exactly how many carbohydrate grams your body can tolerate and still maintain your ideal weight. In this phase, you'll put this approach into practice and learn to live with your ideal carb count on a daily basis.
During lifetime maintenance you will continue to expand your food selections and ... (read more)
Author: Jackie Serta
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9. Low carbohydrate diets in diabetes
August 15, 2008
Most doctors and many people with diabetes think that diabetes is mainly managed by changes in insulin doses or tablets. Diabetes may indeed be controlled with tablets or with insulin but diet is absolutely fundamental in long term wellbeing as well as in glucose control. Many people with diabetes can achieve excellent control by dietary means alone - and that often means a low carbohydrate approach.
In the early days diabetes was seen as all about sugar - simply a disease of blood glucose and so a low carbohydrate diet was the obvious and standard advice. We now know that diabetes is fa... (read more)
Author: Tony Woolfson
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10. 7 Common Low Carbohydrate Foods Found in Restaurants for Weight loss
August 13, 2008
Many people in this busy world tend to eat out more than ever before. Nearly all restaurants have begun to offer low carbohydrate foods that can fulfill your needs. And there’s probably not a restaurant on the planet that doesn’t serve some very carbohydrate-rich foods. You just have to be a little choosy about where you go.
* The basic, if you're a non-vegetarian fan, order red meat less often. Red meat has the same amount of protein as poultry and fish, but it has much more saturated fat and cholesterol. Avoid sauces and dressings served on the side, instead load up on yellow, orange a... (read more)
Author: Leong Tony
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11. List of Carbohydrate Foods to Lose the Love Handles
August 11, 2008
The list of carbohydrate foods will prove that all carbohydrates are not created equal. The selected list of 10 complex carbohydrates used in dieting can provide your body with energy, optimum nutrition, proper organ function and a healthy, attractive appearance.
Complex carbohydrates are broken down into glucose more slowly than simple carbohydrates and thus provide a gradual steady stream of energy throughout the day. Basically these foods are found in wholegrain breads, oats, muesli and brown rice. Foods high in complex carbohydrates are loaded with fiber, vitamins and minerals and the... (read more)
Author: Leong Tony
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12. Low Carbohydrate Food Lists for Fast Fat Loss
August 11, 2008
It is important to note that food containing white flour and sugar are not allowed in low carbohydrate food lists. You may be eating plenty of food, but not eating the right carbohydrate foods that give your body the nutrients you need to be healthy. You may not be getting enough physical activity to stay fit and burn those extra calories. This article is a starting point for finding your way to a healthier lifestyle.
* Steamed winter vegetables with peanut sauce:
The recipe is fast and easy to make, it tastes great, and it provides some of the most nutritious vegetables and is a rea... (read more)
Author: Leong Tony
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13. A Look At Unprocessed Foods And Atkins
August 05, 2008
When you first start on the Atkins program, you may be tempted to take advantage of many of the low carbohydrate products on the market today. There are a wide variety of packaged items that are specifically manufactured to be low-carb. These include low-carb snacks, low-carb baking products and low-carb substitutes (like pasta or bread). While it may be enticing to fill your shopping cart with all of these goodies, it's best for your diet and for your health to use them sparingly.
One of the key things to remember about the Atkins diet is its focus on raw, unprocessed foods. The center ... (read more)
Author: Jackie Serta
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14. A View At Ketosis And Atkins
August 05, 2008
The basic principle of the Atkins diet is that a state of ketosis will help you burn your fat stores as energy. Many people, even those who are on low carbohydrate diets, don't quite understand ketosis and why it works.
Most diets are calorie-reduction diets. They help you lose weight, but some of the weight is from fat and some of it is from lean muscle tissue. While you may look smaller on the scale, your metabolism is actually slowing down. The more muscle you lose the slower your metabolism will be. This makes losing weight more difficult and gaining weight back even simpler.
T... (read more)
Author: Jackie Serta
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15. Atkins Diet And Kidney Stones
August 04, 2008
By warning their carbohydrate intake, people with the Atkins diet can misplace import abruptly; however, there can be bank property and many people have complained about evils with kidney shingle after using the Atkins diet. The relate between the Atkins diet and kidney shingle has not been verified, nor has it been invalidated, but experts have raised the feature that the stuff of no or low-carb diets can have some honestly denial property on the body. People on the Atkins diet mostly widen ketones, which in shot raises the acid levels in the blood, as well as an augmented attempt of high lev... (read more)
Author: Jeremy Seaver
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16. Types of Carbohydrates
July 31, 2008
Carbohydrates provide fuel for the body in form of glucose, which is sugar. There are two types of carbohydrates simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates are sugars that found in candies, fruits and baked food goods and on the other hand, complex carbohydrates are those carbohydrates that are found in beans, nuts, vegetables and whole grains.
Amount of Carbohydrates in vegetables vary between individual pieces and depending on cooking method. As most vegetables are boiled they absorb more water so the carbohydrate content of each vegetable will lower compared to the same weight when raw.... (read more)
Author: Dr John Anne
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17. Superfoods: Flush the Fat With Smart Food Choices
July 27, 2008
Flushing the fat? As crazy as the concept might sound, the Fat Flush Plan can help you reshape your body while detoxifying your system. This low-carbohydrate, three-phase diet regimen was created by nutritionist Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., C.N.S.
Phase 1 of the plan, called The Two-Week Fat Flush, lasts 14 days and is designed to jump-start weight loss. Phase 2, The Ongoing Fat Flush, helps you continue to lose weight, and Phase 3, The Lifestyle Eating Plan, focuses on maintenance.
The Fat Flush Plan was designed to increase metabolism, flush out bloat and to boost the fat burning... (read more)
Author: Nicholas Tan
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18. Some Treatments For Diabetes
July 30, 2008
Now a day's diabetes treatment has become a common disease among people. It is caused due to mismanagement of carbohydrate metabolism inside the body. Diabetes is identified with the excessive production of urine, hunger, thirst and excessive loss of weight, blurred vision, and delay in healing of skin, repeated infection, and excessive fatigue. Diabetes has got a serous issue of human health. It denotes sugar in blood and urine very excessively.
So, when it comes to treatment of diabetes the main concern should be given to control blood sugar, which is main cause of diabetes. Managing b... (read more)
Author: Jack Stanley
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19. The Atkins Diet Reemeges
July 30, 2008
Dr.Robert Atkins addressed his own weight condition from a diet he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Realizing the benefits of the diet he followed Atkins later popularized the idea as The Atkins Diet in a series of books, starting with Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution in 1972. The Atkins Diet or just 'Atkins' is a well known low carbohydrate diet. How Atkins Diet Works The Atkins Diet states we can change our metabolism and lose weight easily simply by eating foods high in protein and fat and limiting foods high in carbohydrate. Consuming a high level of carbohydr... (read more)
Author: jeff behar
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20. The Truth of The Biggest Loser Diet
July 30, 2008
The Biggest Loser Diet is a calorie-controlled, carbohydrate modified, fat reduced, weight loss diet geared to help you burn pure fat from the body. It also help to do so without deprivation or loss of energy.
How The Biggest Loser Diet Works The Biggest Loser Diet guides you to choose foods that are closer to their natural source, particularly fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, because your body processes and uses them much more efficiently to build health. Whole foods are those that have not been modified from their natural state, or have been modified only a little bit, for... (read more)
Author: jeff behar
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21. 10 Foods that Helped Me Lose 100 Pounds
July 28, 2008
At 5'4” and 230 pounds, I was miserable. I went through the cycle typical to many of us, binging and dieting, losing maybe 10 or 20 pounds, but always gaining it back. I blamed myself for my lack of will power. It was actually my therapist who suggested I research some of the underlying medical conditions responsible for obesity. I have since learned that I was Insulin Resistant and suffered from carbohydrate addiction. Insulin Resistance affects 65% of the overweight population. Symptoms can include fatigue, trouble concentrating, feeling irritable or jittery but better once food is eat... (read more)
Author: Amanda McNeill
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22. Dietary Fat for Muscle Building
July 20, 2008
Dietary fat got a bad rap during the 80s and early 90s. Just about everyone who was health conscious was following a low-fat diet. Not only were people depriving themselves of fat, but they were replacing the fat with carbohydrates. This carbohydrate binging led to expanding waistlines and set us up for the low-carbohydrate craze that is only beginning to die-down now.
As you may have guessed, demonizing one macronutrient (proteins, carbs, and fats) in favor of another is not a good strategy for health, fat loss, or muscle building. Each macronutrient has its own beneficial functions ... (read more)
Author: Tony Schwartz
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23. Discover These Fat Burning Tips For A Leaner Body
July 14, 2008
1) Do not consume carbohydrates together with fats. This is because your body will increase the fat storage especially when you consume carbohydrate and fat together. It is recommended that either you consume carbohydrates and protein together or protein and fat together. Generally, you should also reduce your overall intake of carbohydrates. Consume more good quality low glycemic carbohydrates which are found in vegetables and fruits.
2) This is a very little known fact. People who are building muscle intensively in the gym to not consume enough fat! It’s a simple principle. The body w... (read more)
Author: Jerold Smith
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24. What is the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load
July 10, 2008
The Glycemic Index (GI) is widely accepted as the standard for ranking foods that cause spikes on the blood glucose levels. The GI index helps diabetes to eat better and select foods that cause smaller rises in blood glucose levels when compared to other foods. The Glycemic Index ranks different carbohydrate foods and is based on their effect on the blood glucose levels on the body. All foods ranked on the index are compared against standard white bread. The GI scale is ranked on 100-point scale. In other words white bread is marked as the constant on GI scale for all other food to be comp... (read more)
Author: Russ Anderson
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25. The Secrets Behind pH miracle Diet
July 06, 2008
The latest dieting phenomenon which has taken the health and nutrition sector by storm is the pH miracle diet. Diets are essential fads which come and go, but more often than not, after the initial hype, people become frustrated with the diets because they do not produce the promised result. Examples of such diets would be the low-fat diet in the 90s, which gave way to low-carbohydrate diets such as Protein Power, Sugarbusters and Atkins, the South Beach Diet. The pH miracle diet, or the alkaline diet or Young diet, named after its founder Robert Young, has been at the centre of attention... (read more)
Author: Emma Deangela
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