Carbohydrates are restricted in a weight loss diet.

They are composed mainly of carbon and hydrogen. For example, cereals and potatoes have many carbohydrates.

The most important carbohydrates are:

- glucose;

- fructose;

- sucrose (sugar);

- galactose (milk sugar);

- starches (carbohydrates in vegetables and grain);

- pectin;

- glycogen (muscle and liver).

Carbohydrates are our fuel, giving us the energy we needed.

The excess of carbohydrates is injurious to health: it causes obesity and liver diseases.

The consumption of foods rich in starch, of high carbohydrates fruits and vegetables has priority in front of sugar, candy and other sweets.

Sugar is a product with high heat, lack of vitamins, mineral, vegetable fiber.

One thing must be clear: carbohydrates are good, they have their role and they shouldn't be excluded from your diet, just that you mustn't eat too much carbohydrates, especially in a weight loss program when you follow a diet.


Carbohydrates contained in fruits, vegetables and cereals from our diet:

- 4% carbohydrates (milk, cheese, yogurt);

- 5% carbohydrates (fresh melon, gooseberries, strawberries, oranges, grape-fruits, tangerines, lemons, cranberries);

- 10% carbohydrates (raspberries, blackberries, apples, peaches, cherries, sour cherries, cherries, plums, nuts, carrots, onions, peas, leeks, Brussels sprouts, celery);

- 12% carbohydrates (cooked beans);
 
- 15% carbohydrates (apricots, late cherries);

- 20% carbohydrates (potatoes, pasta, baked plums);

- 50% carbohydrates (bread, boiled rice, boiled oat flakes, cooked barley);