Carbohydrates

You will find resources on the benefits and role of carbohydrates in the diet when you follow the links in the list below.
Reviewed May 2008

Related HealthInsite Topics

Glycaemic Index
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Links to information the glycaemic index (GI) of foods.

Sugar
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Links to information about sugar in the diet.

10 Resources Found

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Title:	Fuel for your body
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Your body is like a wonderful machine. First of all it builds itself in your mothers womb. It works hard on growing bigger and stronger.
Date:	Dec 2007

Title:	Food - eating and sport
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	You need to provide your body with the right sort of fuel if you are exercising regularly and training for your sport. What you need to eat.
Date:	Dec 2007

Title:	Sporting performance and food
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Good nutrition can enhance sporting performance. Carbohydrates should form the basis of a sports person's diet. A high protein diet is not generally needed or recommended, since it can hinder performance, impair kidney function and compromise bone integrity.
Date:	Jul 2006

Title:	Insulin: how it works
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	The hormone insulin is released when you have just eaten a meal and the level of glucose in your blood is high.
Date:	Jul 2006

Title:	Nutrition for the more active/competitive person
Publisher:	Nutrition Australia
Description:	Contents: fuelling your body, pre-event meal, during event, post-event, keep those fluids rolling, what about supplements
Date:	Mar 2006

Title:	Resistant starch
Publisher:	Healthy Eating Club
Description:	Resistant starch and weight loss
Date:	Jun 2005

Title:	Aerobic exercise: what you need to know
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Aerobic exercise is continuous muscular activity that requires extra oxygen - above that used at rest - to sustain the activity.
Date:	Nov 2003

Title:	Animation: How your body makes energy from carbohydrates - normal glucose metabolism
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	See how your body digests carbohydrates to make glucose and view insulin's role in using the glucose for energy.
Date:	Jun 2003

Title:	Maternal glucose administration for facilitating tests of fetal wellbeing
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Tests on unborn babies such as ultrasound and heart rate testing are carried out to check their wellbeing. As a baby's sleep periods can alter those results, various methods are used to wake the baby. Antenatal maternal glucose administration is one of ...
Date:	Aug 2001

Title:	Glucose tolerance test
Publisher:	Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:	Directions on what to eat and drink before taking a glucose tolerance test are given.
Date:	Jun 1995

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