| Complex carbohydrates (complex carbs) are simply | | | | contain nutritional benefits. Complex carbs food |
| sugar bonded together to form a chain. These are | | | | contains vitamins, minerals and physiochemical. |
| foods that are basically contains in wholegrain. | | | | Keeping your carbohydrates to 55-60% of your total |
| Whenever you take complex carbs, these are | | | | calories is a good way to divvy up your nutrients. |
| further broken in glucose. The process of glucose | | | | You should follow that make half your grains |
| broken is slower as compare to simple carbohydrates. | | | | whole” and eat 5 servings of fruit and |
| The digestive enzymes have to work harder to | | | | vegetables a day. These strategies will ensure that |
| break the bonds of chain and convert in simple sugar | | | | your complex carbohydrate intake is adequate. |
| and that is the reason complex carbohydrates take | | | | Sources |
| more time to digestion process. As this fact is also | | | | Sources of carbohydrates are wholegrain breads, |
| proved by its name ‘complex | | | | oats, muesli, potatoes, barley, maize, cornmeal, pasta, |
| carbohydrates’ because complex means difficult. | | | | root vegetables and brown rice. |
| Importance | | | | Deficiency |
| Carbohydrates are essential and body’s prime | | | | However, although dietary fiber has no caloric or |
| source of fuel. Energy released quickly and | | | | nutritional value, rather they have some things that |
| immediately fills the requirement in the cells. | | | | can be helpful in balancing the weight. Dietary fiber |
| Whenever you practiced exercise your body needs | | | | deficiencies can results to digestive problems. It also |
| quick energy at that time, intake of complex | | | | results in constipation and it raises cholesterol level. If |
| carbohydrates can result in energy. | | | | you take the carbohydrate diet which is rich in |
| Carbohydrates keep you full for long time and that | | | | dietary fiber helps in slow down digestion and thus |
| results in less calorie intake. Thus, it can prove helpful | | | | results in reduction of glycemic index and also affects |
| in weight management. Complex carbohydrates | | | | on glucose level. |