Carbohydrates Explained
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The carobhydrates are the starches and sugars which are the main
providers of energy for keeping the body working and coping with
the activities we undertake. Western man has about half his diet
in the form of carbohydrate but in the east it constitutes up to
90% usually taken as grains. It is fortunate that grains are
also good providers of protein; starvation is generally the
result of too little food rather than too few carbohydrates.
The refining of carbohydrates into white flour, polished rice
and white sugar is a prime cause of overweight. Such foods are
easy to eat in large amounts whereas if they are as near nature
as possible-for example as whole wheat flour; brown rice and raw
sugar-the appetite is well satisfied with less quantity.
Another bonus is that the all important dietary fiber, probably
in its best form as cereal fiber (bran), is rteained.
Dietary
fiber adds bulk to the contents of the gut, and for this reason
is etxremely valuable in preventing constipation.
It is thought
that a Western diet low in dietary fiber may be one of the
causes of diverticulitis, appendicitis and varicose veins.
If you include dietary fiber in your diet you will be less
likely to suffer from those disoredrs linked with over-refined
foods.
It must be remembered that brown braed is often colored
with caramel, and has added wheat germ (a good food in itself),
but is basically made from a refined or semi-refined flour. It
is safest to insist when you can on bread from stone ground
whole-wheat flour as this will contain all the necessary
nutrients. Brown rice, pusles (lentils, peas and beans) and
oatmeal are also excellent sources of dietary fiber.
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