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CARBOHYDRATES IN THE DIET - LOW CARB ARTICLES & RECIPES
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The Low Carb Recipes for South Beach Dieters, Atkins Dieters & Carb Restricted Diet Plans:
Carbohydrates provide the body with one of its main sources of energy - the other being 'fat'. Carbohydrates are essential to a healthy diet, even though they are scowled at by many in the Diet World these days. Why? Basically, they are associated with 2 evils of dieting: sugar and starch.
Examples of complex (unrefined) carbohydrate foods are cereals and vegetables that contain sugars, starch and cellulose, as well as vitamins and protein.
About 50 - 60% of the daily diet should consist of complex carbohydrates.
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Information based on facts from the AMA (American Medical Association)