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complex carbohydrates

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complex carbohydrates,
n.pl polysaccharides; nutritional compounds composed of multiple monosaccharide (simple sugar) building blocks. Complex carbohydrates include starches, glycogen, and cellulose.


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Safia Mehboob also explicitly discussed food choice for diabetics and with particular reference to dates, said these contain complex carbohydrates and plenty of fibre.
However; when you consume complex carbohydrates (these are the good carbohydrates with a low glycemic index), your body expends 2 1/2 times more energy converting dietary complex carbohydrates from your intestines into your bloodstream for immediate use, and then into glycogen storage in your muscles and liver:than it takes to convert fat into a source of fuel for energy production.
Then you need complex carbohydrates to help assemble the proteins for hair growth.
 
 
 
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