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Carbohydrates, Calories and anabolic steroids
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Carbohydrates are essential because they
provide a continuous energy supply.
Preferred sources are rice, pasta, noodles,
oats ,whole meal bread, vegetables.
Total daily intake of carbohydrates should be 90 grams.
15% of this intake should be simple carbs such as fruit.
Carbohydrates are also key in building muscle because it is primarily
the calories contained in carbs that create the dynamics to move the muscle
under stress.
Eating enough calories is essential to building up mass when on anabolic
steroids. By calories we do not mean exclusively sweet food such as ice
cream. Steak and potatoes has calories too.
The sense you should make of this is that you cannot get the benefit of
anabolic steroids on one pot noodle for lunch and a pork pie for supper.
Eat a tin of tuna fish for lunch with the noodles.
Drink a glass of milk at eat bread and some fruit.
It is not a manic regime it just means down some quantity of food.
More on carbohydrates
There are two major types of carbohydrates in foods: simple and complex.
Simple carbohydrates: These are
also called simple sugars. Simple sugars are found in refined sugars,
like the white sugar you'd find in a sugar bowl. If you have a lollipop,
you're eating simple carbohydrates.
But you'll also find simple sugars in more nutritious foods, such as fruit
and milk. It's better to get your simple sugars from food like fruit and
milk. Why? Because they contain vitamins, fiber, and important nutrients
like calcium.
Complex carbohydrates: These are
also called starches. Starches include grain products, such as bread,
crackers, pasta, and rice. As with simple sugars, some complex carbohydrate
foods are better choices than others.
Refined (say: ree-find) grains, such as white flour and white rice, have
been processed, which removes nutrients and fiber.
But unrefined grains still contain these vitamins and minerals. Unrefined
grains also are rich in fiber, which helps your digestive system work
well. Fiber helps you feel full, so you are less likely to overeat these
foods. That explains why a bowl of oatmeal fills you up better than sugary
candy that has the same amount of calories as the oatmeal.
More on calories
Your body needs calories for energy. But eating too many calories - and
not burning enough of them off through activity - can lead to weight gain.
Most foods and drinks contain calories. Some foods, such as lettuce, contain few calories. (A cup of shredded lettuce has less than 10 calories.) Other foods, like peanuts, contain a lot of calories. (A half of a cup of peanuts has 427 calories.)
You can find out how many calories are in a food by looking at the nutrition facts label. The label also will describe the components of the food - how many grams of carbohydrate, protein, and fat it contains. Here's how many calories are in 1 gram of each:
carbohydrate - 4 calories
protein - 4 calories
fat - 9 calories
That means if you know how many grams of each one are in a food, you can
calculate the total calories. You would multiply the number of grams by
the number of calories in a gram of that food component.
For example, if a serving of potato chips (about 20 chips) has 10 grams
of fat, 90 calories are from fat. That's 10 grams X 9 calories per gram.