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Discussion: Chapter 5

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Carbohydrates often get a bad rap, especially when it comes to weight gain. However, carbohydrates are not all bad. Because of their numerous health benefits, carbohydrates have a rightful place in your diet. In fact, your body needs carbohydrates to function well.

Some carbohydrates might be better for you than the other carbohydrates. In this chapter, I hope you gained more knowledge about carbohydrates and how to choose healthy carbohydrates.

Terms such as "low carb" or "net carbs" often appear on product labels. The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate these terms, so there is no standard meaning.

You probably have also heard talk about the glycemic index. The glycemic index classifies carbohydrate-containing foods according to their potential to raise your blood sugar level Weight-loss diets based on the glycemic index typically recommend limiting foods that are higher on the glycemic index. Foods with a relatively high glycemic index ranking include potatoes and white bread. Many healthy foods, such as whole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits and low-fat dairy products, are naturally lower on the glycemic index.

Review the link to help determine calorie and amount of Carbohydrate form some of the most common food that we eat.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts (Links to an external site.)

What is your take on Carbohydrate as part of your diet? Please write your personal reflection (word limit 200) on carbohydrate as part of your diet. I hope to see your scientific view. Make sure that you state the name of the carbohydrate that you are and determine the calorie intakes. Use the link above to help with calorie calculations.

Let me give you my example:

For Dinner, I had two servings of yellow rice and one 6 ounces grilled lemon pepper chicken. Each serving of yellow rice has 56 g of Total Carbohydrate, of which 8 g is Sugar and 3 g is Fiber. Therefore, with 2servings, I had 112g of Total Carbohydrate and 16 g of sugar. The chicken had 282g of Total Carbohydrate.

In total, for dinner, I had 394g of Carbohydrate. As per AMDR, I should have 45 -65% of my diet from carbohydrate. With this single dinner meal, I had (394 X 4) 1576 Kcal of energy from Carbohydrate. Since my daily requirement is 1800Kcal, my AMDR is 87%, which is much more than the recommended number. I should have had one serving of yellow rice and substituted the second serving with salad.

Answer 1

Every day, I start with 2 slices of wheat bread which contains 20g of carbohydrates and scrambled egg toast contains 36.4g of carbohydrates. For lunch, I will take a cup of brown rice with meat or chicken roll 2 slice which contains (51.7 + 15.6) 67.3 g of carbs. For dinner, I will take brown rice 1 cup along with 1 1/2 cup of corn and peas or mixed salad which equals to 83 g of carbohydrates. Additionally, 240mL of creamed milk twice daily consists of 24g of carbohydrates and for snacks, 1 cup of nuts include 20 g of carbohydrates. Totally, I am taking 251 g of carbohydrates every day. My recommended caloric intake is 2000 calories which are almost met every day. In this, 1007 calories (251x4) come from my carbohydrates.