Hi, i studied nutrition at uni and remember being interested in and reading alot of research about the body's use of carbohydrates. Specifically that when excess carbohydrates are consumed the body in general doesn't convert them to fat

Everyone suggests we runners eat plenty of carbs. I know about the slow release ones that we should all aim for - wholewheat pasta etc. But on food packagineg RDA's  where it says carbohydrates- and gives a percentage of those that sugar and those

reading a booklet on this last night. It said interestingly enough that carbohydrates can make you feel tired and sluggish. This may not suit everyone, but the author (a nutritionalist) suggested eating a 'LIVE' yoghurt after eating a high based

thinking I'm being really good :-( if you are running far enough to need refuelling you should eat high-GI carbohydrates during the runand after any hard or long session, you should eat three- or four-to-one high-GI carbs:protein, with plenty of water, as a

Just a basic question; I had been looking about online and in Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco's and found that some Pasta's and rice had different carbohydrate amounts. For example, Sainsbury's Basmati Rice had 78g of carb's per 100g and the whole grain

I am a bit confused regarding the advice i see everywhere about eating carbohydrates before a marathon,I read about "carb loading" and things like that.  I am running the Edinburgh marathon in 27 MayI know that it may make sense on paper

Can someone explain the difference, i.e the effect on the body and muscles etc between a complex carbohydrate drink mix and one which contains a higher suger content. I was under the impression that all carbs get converted to glucose but for complex

healthy lifestyle choice.Short-term carbohydrate depletion, on the other hand, is a recognised race preparation technique where, immediately prior to carbo-loading, you run your glycogen stocks right down by 24-48 hours of a low-carb diet and intensive

Can anyone offer some advice on what carbs are good for runners that are on wheat free and dairy free diets? I'm worried about energy for runs without enough carbohydrates. Oats, rye bread, rice cakes are the obvious cereals. Plenty of carbs

it impossible to work out.For instance.... I had a pre-packaged chilli con carne and rice for lunch today. In the 450g serving it had 40.9g protein, 49.2g carbohydrate and 9.3g fat. (Sodium 0.8g and Fibre 7.2g) Now.... that only adds up to (doing quick sum