Carbohydrates

Follow the links below to find information on the benefits and role of carbohydrates in the diet.
Reviewed June 2009

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19 Resources Found

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Title:	Insulin: how it works - myDr.com.au
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:	Sep 2009

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:	Jun 2009

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:	Jun 2009

Title:	Sporting performance and food
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Good diet and 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. Dietary protein or amino acid supplements are not likely to provide any benefit. Water is the best sports drink.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Weight loss and carbohydrates
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Low carbohydrate (low carb) diets are popular for weight loss but they may be dangerous. Carbohydrates are the only fuel source for many vital organs, including the brain, central nervous system and kidneys. A diet high in protein and fats can lead to obesity and obesity-related disorders such as heart disease.
Date:	Jun 2008

Title:	Low carbohydrate diets
Publisher:	Dietitians Association of Australia
Description:	It is important to consider that not all "low carbohydrate diets" are the same. These diets vary greatly in quality and how much carbohydrate, protein and fat they contain. It is important to ensure that the diet information you are getting comes from a credible source.
Date:	Jan 2008

Title:	Betamimetics for suspected impaired fetal growth
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Too little evidence to show whether betamimetic drugs for women during pregnancy benefits unborn babies who are smaller than expected....
Date:	Oct 2007

Title:	Maternal glucose administration for facilitating tests of fetal wellbeing
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	There is no evidence that antenatal maternal glucose administration make tests of fetal wellbeing more effective....
Date:	Jun 2006

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

Title:	Ketogenic diet for epilepsy
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	No evidence from randomized controlled trials to support ketogenic diets, but observational studies do lend some support for a beneficial effect....
Date:	Mar 2005

Title:	Achieving an adequate diet - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Tiredness, lack of energy, irritability, difficulty in concentrating and excessively dry skin may be due to an inadequate diet.
Date:	Oct 2004

Title:	weight loss diets: low, moderate or high carbohydrate?
Publisher:	Healthy Eating Club
Description:	This article presents the evidence that low carbohydrate diets are not effective in long term weight loss, and are associated with a number of detrimental effects on health.
Date:	Apr 2004

Title:	Aerobic exercise: what you need to know - myDr.com.au
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:	High protein low carbohydrate diets for weight loss
Publisher:	Healthy Eating Club
Description:	There are a number of weight loss diets that are currently gaining notoriety for their deviation from the widely recommended low fat-high carbohydrate eating regimen.There is concern that people adopting these diets in the pursuit of weight loss are damaging both their short and long term health.
Date:	Oct 2003

Title:	Animation: carbohydrate digestion - myDr.com.au
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:	Nuts in a healthy diet - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Nuts are high in protein, carbohydrates and fibre as well as containing many vitamins and minerals.
Date:	May 2002

Title:	Carbohydrate supplementation of human milk to promote growth in preterm infants
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	No evidence to show the effect of adding carbohydrate to breast milk to promote growth in babies born preterm. Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for full-term babies for at least the first six months of life. Babies born preterm (before 37 wee...
Date:	Apr 2002

Title:	Weight loss
Publisher:	Healthy Eating Club
Description:	London University's Professor Tom Sanders and author of a book 'You Don't have to Diet' has highlighted that the greatest of all myths is that 'thin people are necessarily healthier than fat people'.
Date:	Mar 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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