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1. Carbohydrate
   Carbohydrate-rich foods are the primary source of energy for all body functions. Your body breaks down carbohydrates, or carbs, into fuel for use by your cells and muscles - that’s why eating a moderate amount of carbohydrates is necessary for most people. There are two types of carbs - sugars and starches. Sugars are simple carbohydrates that can be easily digested by your body and include foods like cake, soda, candy, jellies and fruits. Starches are complex carbohydrates that take longer to be digested and include foods such as breads, grains, pasta, tortillas, noodles, fruits and vegetables.
2. Carbohydrate -- Carbohydrates
   Mass., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the most controversial aspects of low-carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins Nutritional Approach™ is their rejection of the tyranny of calorie counting. Critics of these plans claim that the reason people lose weight on low-carb diets is the same reason they lose weight on any other diet: they actually consume fewer calories, presumably because they are bored with monotony of all that steak. Now, a new study by Harvard researchers suggests that these critics are wrong and that people lose at least as much weight on a low-carbohydrate diet than those on a low-fat diet, even when they consume significantly more calories every day.
3. Carbohydrate -- Total Carbohydrate
   Sugars: Also listed under Total Carbohydrate on food labels, sugars are found in most foods. However, the Nutrition Facts label doesn't make the distinction between natural sugars and added sugars. Natural sugars are found in many foods, including fruit and dairy products. Snack foods, candy, and soda often have large amounts of added sugars. To find out if a food has added sugar, you need to look at the ingredient list for sugar, corn syrup or sweetener, dextrose, fructose, honey, or molasses, to name just a few. Avoid products that have sugar or other sweeteners high on the ingredient list.
4. Carbohydrate -- Carbohydrate Loading
   Carbohydrate loading or Glycogen loading is a concept derived from research published in Sweden by Drs. Saltin and Hermanson in 1967. Their work lead to a deluge of muscle glycogen and endurance performance studies throughout the world. Using muscle biopsy techniques they studied athletes under a variety of dietary and athletic endurance protocols. It was shown that significant increases in muscle glycogen (the muscle storage form of glucose) could be achieved by increasing the carbohydrate intake over several hours to days before endurance performances.
5. Carbohydrate -- Amount
   All people with diabetes should explore the amounts of carbohydrates they can include in their daily meals—and should ... know where to find information on the carbohydrate content of various foods. These are essential meal planning skills.
6. Carbohydrate -- Energy
   Fiber is ... a type of carbohydrate but it has a different chemical make-up. Humans do not have the enzymes necessary to break down this type of carbohydrate. Therefore it is not digested and provides no calories or energy. Fiber gives the bulk to the intestinal contents and aids in normal elimination.
7. Carbohydrate -- Foods
   Sucrose, interestingly, even though it needs to be broken down, tends to raise the blood sugar more rapidly than almost any other simple carbohydrate. Ultimately, all energy in the body is obtained by burning various foods, which must be converted into materials that feed into something called the Kreb cycle. The Kreb cycle essentially produces energy. Digestion of the more complex carbohydrates begins in the mouth with salivary amylase, and then in the small intestine. The pancreas releases sucrases, amylases, lactates, and maltases, which need an alkaline environment to break carbohydrates down into monosaccharides. All carbohydrates, ultimately, are then converted into glucose.
8. Carbohydrate -- Glucose
   Glycogen stores are essential for athletic performance, because they serve as an energy reservoir when blood glucose levels are decreased due to high intensity exercise or inadequate carbohydrate intake. Glycogen stores become depleted as the intensity and duration of the exercise increases. It is imperative for the athlete, whether a sprinter or endurance athlete, to restore glycogen by consuming carbohydrate on a regular basis.
9. Carbohydrate -- Bodies
   The carbohydrate metabolism process stores energy without first converting to fat. The first storage process is to glycogen. After glycogen stores are full, the body begins converting to fat. The process of converting to body fat happens much more quickly with proteins and fats.
10. Carbohydrate -- Proteins
    DURHAM, N.C. – The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet popularized by Dr. Robert Atkins has been the subject of heated debate in medical circles for three decades. Now, preliminary research findings at Duke University Medical Center show that a low-carbohydrate diet can indeed lead to significant and sustained weight loss.

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