Your Questions About Daily Recommended Carbohydrate Intake

Friday 25 February, 2011 8:37 am | The carbohydrate addict's diet | Kirsten Plotkin

Steven Your Questions About Daily Recommended Carbohydrate Intake

Steven asks…

Do you really need your recommended carbohydrate intake daily?

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There is no proven research to suggest that carbohydrates are essential to human beings. Grains were not introduced till the end of the last ice age. That meant human beings survived and thrived for centuries without any carbohydrate. After that, for yet more centuries, people in the northern hemisphere had to live without carbohydrate for at least 6 months of the year. We would not have survived as a species if carbohydrates were necessary to our good health. Always remember; the carbohydrates you dont burn are converted to fat.

Maria Your Questions About Daily Recommended Carbohydrate Intake

Maria asks…

What is the recommended daily intake for carbohydrates?

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There isn’t actually any proof by way of genuine scientific research to show that carbohydrate has any validity in our diet. 10% of carbohydrates overall, by way of berries and greens is sufficiently healthy for anyone’s diet given today’s lifestyles.

Sandra Your Questions About Daily Recommended Carbohydrate Intake

Sandra asks…

what is the recommended daily intake of carbohydrates for pregnant woman?

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A pregnant woman’s food group should be dominated by protein. She is growing a baby and carbohydrates will not form the baby’s bones muscles or tissue. Only protein can do that. As for calories, when you concentrate your diet on protein, carbohydrate and calories are really not an issue.

Linda Your Questions About Daily Recommended Carbohydrate Intake

Linda asks…

What is the Recommended Daily Intake?

Hi there. I was just wondering what the recommended daily intake (RDI) for: Calcium, Carbohydrates and Protein are for a 13 year old Asian male are?

Thanks in advance to all.

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Your ethnicity shouldn’t have anything to do with the question. Any 13 year old male needs plenty of protein to ensure a healthy growth of bones muscle and tissue. Don’t start his day with cereal, forget the carbohydrate cereals and start it with a healthy dose of protein like steak and eggs.

James Your Questions About Daily Recommended Carbohydrate Intake

James asks…

Carbohydrate intakes and weight loss?

Firstly, this is a few questions on nutrition into one,
1) For the average 14-16 year old (average metabolic rate) what is the recommended daily carbohydrate intake? and maximum saturated fat intake?

2) On nutrition labels, it gives a serving size, the number of servings per package, and then the nutrition details, what is the easiest way of going about measuring servings, such as 300 g of a cereal or such?

3) If a pound is 3500 carbohydrates, if you take in only 3000 carbohydrates and excercise, are you going to lose weight, if (a) your overweight or (b) your in good shape.

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Hi James,

The bulk of your food should come from Proteins, particularly if you are still growing. Proteins are known as the building blocks of life – This is not by accident. A young person still growing should be encouraged to eat limited carbohydrate and lots of protein. Calories and carbohydrate are not unimportant to the growth of young people.
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