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Top 10 Healthy Carbohydrate Foods Infographic

Top 10 Healthy Carbohydrate Foods

Healthy carbohydrates are a fantastic energy source for your body that are packed full of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. These nutrients in healthy carbs have countless health benefits and can act as antioxidants within your body, enhance your digestive health, protect against chronic disease, strengthen your immune system and much more. Keep reading for a list of the Top 10 Healthy Carbohydrate Foods. Once you've checked out this infographic, please Like, +1, Pin and Tweet it by using the buttons above and below the post. Also, if you want more information on the points covered in … [Read more...]

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Fuel Your Muscle Building Efforts With Carbohydrates Infographic

Fuel Your Muscle Building Efforts With Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are often avoided by people who want to build muscle as they wrongly believe that they have nothing to offer when it comes to muscle growth. However, healthy carbohydrates are essential for successful muscle development. This post looks at this topic in detail and outlines how to Fuel Your Muscle Building Efforts With Carbohydrates. Once you've checked out this infographic, please Like, +1, Pin and Tweet it by using the buttons above and below the post. Also, if you want additional information on the points covered in this infographic, make sure you take a look at the articles … [Read more...]

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Fitness Tip Of The Day – Cut Down On Sugar

Foods made with refined sugar often contain lots of calories and very few vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients and if you're eating them on a regular basis, they can be very damaging to your health and fitness goals. The good news is that by using natural ingredients such as fruits, nuts and seeds, you can create your own healthy sweet treats which are packed full of nutrients and contain a lot less sugar but still taste great. The links below provide you with plenty of healthy sweet treat ideas and recipes. So if you want to cut your sugar intake without giving up on desserts and sweet … [Read more...]

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Fitness Tip Of The Day – Choose Healthy Carbs

Fitness Tip Of The Day - Choose Healthy Carbs

Carbohydrates usually get a bad rap in health and fitness circles. The reason for this is that most people eat processed carbs which contain very few nutrients, pack relatively large amounts of calories and do very little for their health . However, by choosing healthy carbs instead of processed carbs, you provide your body with plenty of essential vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, as well as cutting the total amount of calories they contain. So instead of avoiding carbs completely, start choosing healthy, natural carbs today. The further reading section below contains lots of extra … [Read more...]

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5 Ways To Eat Healthy Carbohydrates In The New Year

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Carbohydrates are a controversial macronutrient in health and fitness circles. Many people see them as a nutrient that contributes to chronic diseases such as diabetes and something that should be avoided at all costs. While it's true that you can technically survive without carbohydrates (your body can use fats and protein for energy if there are no carbohydrates available) and eating too many or eating the wrong kind can be very damaging to your health, when you eat the right kind of carbohydrates, in the right quantities, they can boost your health in numerous ways. That's why today I'm … [Read more...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Load Up on Carbs at Dinner

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Hello everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from freelance writer Alvina Lopez. ----- I’m sure you’ve all heard the advice to avoid late-night snacks (particularly those full of carbohydrates) before bed, but I’ve found that many people don’t seem to understand why. Many people also don’t hold as much scrutiny over the carbs they eat at dinner when perhaps they should. There Is No Golden Rule Here I must first insert a disclaimer here that a lot the advice I’m giving in this article is meant for the general, average person. The average person usually comes home from work … [Read more...]

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How To Use Carbs To Manipulate Your Body Into Extreme Fat Loss Mode

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Hello everyone.  Today’s guest post comes from Johnny Palmer from How To Lose Body Fat Fast. ----- Carbs, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals... All of these are essential in the right amounts to a good, healthy diet - but what is the most important for fat loss? That is like asking what is more important to a human - the skin, the brain, the lungs, the blood... They are all equally important to fat loss, because if your body is not in perfect harmony, then it is not in a state to lose body fat - in fact it will cling to fat the less nourished you are. This is brutally (and sadly) … [Read more...]

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3 Potential Side Effects Of Carbohydrate Deficiency

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Low carbohydrate diets have become increasingly popular in recent years due to a large number of low carbohydrate diet plans (Atkins, South Beach, The Zone) getting high amounts of media attention.  The basic principle behind these diets is that by reducing your carbohydrate intake you force your body into a state of ketosis (where it burns fat for energy instead of glucose and glycogen).  As a result you burn more body fat and store less of it. Whilst these diets are very effective and in my opinion support good health (I have tried to reduce my carbohydrate intake over the last year), it … [Read more...]

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7 Healthy Carbohydrates That You Should Be Eating Regularly

In my last few articles I have been discussing carbohydrates in detail.  I have covered the benefits of consuming the right amount, the disadvantages of consuming too many and the methods to follow when choosing carbohydrates.  Today I want to make this advice a little more practical and supply you with seven healthy carbohydrates that you should be eating on a regular basis. 1) APPLES:- Apples are tasty and come in a variety of flavours.  They are also small and portable meaning that they can be eaten any time and anywhere.  On top of this apples are rich in a number of healthy nutrients … [Read more...]

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The Disadvantages Of Consuming Too Many Carbohydrates

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My recent series of articles have focussed on carbohydrates.  Over the course of these articles I have come to the conclusion that carbohydrates have a number of benefits as long as you choose wisely.  However, even if you do choose the right carbohydrates you can still overindulge.  Today I am going to be discussing some of the potential drawbacks associated with consuming too many carbohydrates. 1) WEIGHT GAIN:- Carbohydrates are your body's preferred energy source.  When you eat any type of carbohydrates your body breaks them down into glucose in the digestive tract.  This glucose is then … [Read more...]

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