When I first became acquainted with bodybuilding, the
majority of bodybuilders commented on their high protein consumption as a means
of acquiring a great deal of muscle mass. Little was said about a very
important nutrient, the carbohydrate.
For natural bodybuilders, carbohydrates are all the more important
because you have to rely on the maximum efficiency of food for your energy
production and muscle development rather than on steroids. This involves more
critical balances of nutrients and their optimum utilization, two areas where
carbohydrates play a preeminent role.
Carbohydrates yield an abundant supply of energy to the
body. They are also protein sparing because their availability allows protein
to perform its primary function of building tissue instead of supplying energy.
There are three types of carbohydrates: monosaccharides,
disaccharides and polysaccharides. Monosaccharides and disaccharides are
classified as simple carbohydrates; polysaccharides are complex carbs.
Examples of simple carbohydrates are sugars such as glucose,
fructose, galactose, maltose, sucrose and lactose. Complex carbohydrates are
starches such as rice, beans, peas, potatoes, yams and so forth.
Except for fiber, the body converts the different types of
carbohydrates into readily available fuel called glucose, which resides within
the blood and cells but is primarily stored within the muscle and the liver in
a complex form called glycogen.
Adequate glycogen stores are of vital importance to the
bodybuilder, especially the natural bodybuilder who has no assistance from
anabolics.
I try to ingest 75% of my total calories from carbohydrates,
with 10% coming from simple carbohydrates and the remaining 65% from complex
sources.
In situations where a bodybuilder deprives himself or
herself of adequate glycogen stores, the body then turns to its own protein as
a means of generating glucose, which means less protein is available for muscle
tissue building.
Don't let your carbohydrate level fall to the point where
your body scavenges protein to compensate for its energy needs, and make sure
those carbs are the right kind for constant utilization.
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