Carbohydrate

For a person on a low-carbohydrate diet, satisfying your sweet tooth can be a real obstacle. And more often than not, temptation of sweets can lead down a path of binge eating. The kind of binge eating where you snap out of it to discover you 've eaten a whole package of Oreo cookies. This recipe for low-carb peanut butter cookies can help you stay on track to reaching your weight loss goals. I came up with this recipe after many attempts at trying to loose the dreaded "freshman fifteen" had…

diet that "forces" the body into a state of ketosis, and in which the energy consumed fats instead of carbohydrates. Proper ketogenic diet requires the consumption of large quantities of fat, protein and a sufficient amount of very small quantities of carbohydrates. Our bodies are used to convert carbohydrates into glucose, which the body uses for energy. When sufficient restricting carbohydrate intake enter into a state of ketosis, your liver starts to pound fat cells into fatty acids and…

Ketosis diet plans, better known as ketogenic diets, include food plans that are really low in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are, of course, one of the leading resources of energy for your body. Carbohydrates release energy directly into your body, that is crucial to its normal functioning. When you reduce your intake of carbohydrates the body has no energy to burn, which could in essence mean you die. So, this is a really good thing that the body knows how to deal with the situation. Whenever…

content of carbohydrates and is high in proteins and fat. There are many kinds of low carb diets that exist. Since carbohydrates are the integral source of calories, low carbs are known to work great for weight loss; in fact, they work beyond weight loss, such as reducing risk from factors like diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Elaborating further, carbohydrates that are consumed by a human body can be segregated into: naturally occurring carbohydrates, and refined/simple carbohydrates. The…

consistently been on the rise in the United States. Throughout history, the general consensus amongst doctors and nutritionists has been to focus on a diet low in fat with moderate levels of protein and carbohydrates. Limiting fat, unfortunately,…

“if the same knowledge and findings were available back in the golden era, would they follow in suit?” From time to time men will always pick the easier and better way to increase their performance. Nutritional value whether it being protein, carbohydrates, or essential fats will hardly change unless the way of life changes itself. On another hand, steroids will always evolve and so will the effects it has on the body, thus changing the way bodybuilders look, work, and…

lose the pounds that have been weighing you down for years. The Keto Diet is the new fad that is taking social media outlets by storm. For those that do not know what the Keto Diet is, here is a quick rundown of the diet. The Keto Diet is a low carbohydrate, high fat diet that focuses on healthier fats such as the fat from olive oil…

Introduction: Ketogenic diet contains high fats, adequate amount of proteins and low concentration of carbohydrates. It produces ketones in the body which are used as an energy source. It is called ketogenic food as it produces ketones bodies (ketosis). Normally glucose molecule is used as a fuel for energy production but ketogenic food have large amount of fats in it so liver converts fats into fatty acid and ketone bodies. Ketone molecules energy…

glucose stores, he then begins to burn stored body fat for energy. After the initial fasting period, a person on the ketogenic diet derives his energy principally by burning the exogenous dietary fat rather than from the more common energy source, carbohydrate (glucose), or from their own body fat. But unlike fasting, by providing exogenous fat the keto- genic diet allows a person to maintain this fat-burning metabolism as its primary source of energy (instead of glucose) over an extended…

Glycolysis does not require the presence of oxygen and occurs in all living cells from humans to prokaryotes. Different food sources contain different types of carbohydrates so each sugar is broken down into component parts that are readily incorporated into glycolysis; thus, glycolysis is one of the main metabolic pathways of the cell. For example, if the food source contains mostly fructose, then a special pathway…