For anyone that is in to fitness and maintaining a strong body, carbohydrates play a key roll in keeping their energy levels up and their muscle mass from being used as energy after a strenuous fitness regime. This is where a big roll of slow and fast digesting carbs come in to play. Remember when I said that fast digesting carbs aren’t always bad? You’ll understand why when you finish reading this.
As I explained this week, complex carbohydrates do not get processed by the body quickly. It is a slow digestion phase where the body can utilize the glucose stored in the carbohydrate as energy on a sustained level. For someone who is about to embark on a strenuous fitness session, they will often consume a slow digesting carb such as oatmeal.
Afterward, this same athlete may consume a fast digesting carbohydrate like perhaps a sugary fruit punch drink. While their body may be burning excess calories for energy, it will often start a catabolic phase where it will break down the proteins in the muscle tissue for energy. By introducing a fast digesting carbohydrate in to the blood stream, the pancreas secretes that insulin to start breaking those carbs down in to energy. See that the body is in need of immediate energy, it will utilize those carbs for energy as opposed to muscle.
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For anyone that is in to fitness and maintaining a strong body, carbohydrates play a key roll in keeping their energy levels up and their muscle mass from being used as energy after a strenuous fitness regime. This is where a big roll of slow and fast digesting carbs come in to play. Remember when I said that fast digesting carbs aren’t always bad? You’ll understand why when you finish reading this.
As I explained this week, complex carbohydrates do not get processed by the body quickly. It is a slow digestion phase where the body can utilize the glucose stored in the carbohydrate as energy on a sustained level. For someone who is about to embark on a strenuous fitness session, they will often consume a slow digesting carb such as oatmeal.
Afterward, this same athlete may consume a fast digesting carbohydrate like perhaps a sugary fruit punch drink. While their body may be burning excess calories for energy, it will often start a catabolic phase where it will break down the proteins in the muscle tissue for energy. By introducing a fast digesting carbohydrate in to the blood stream, the pancreas secretes that insulin to start breaking those carbs down in to energy. See that the body is in need of immediate energy, it will utilize those carbs for energy as opposed to muscle.
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