{"id":11262,"date":"2016-05-27T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T12:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/hk-blog\/carbohydrates-and-bodybuilding-your-frenemy-bid-4562\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:02:31","slug":"carbohydrates-and-bodybuilding-your-frenemy-bid-4562","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthkart.com\/connect\/carbohydrates-and-bodybuilding-your-frenemy\/bid-4562\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbohydrates and Bodybuilding- Your Frenemy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carbohydrates are an essential macronutrient that is our bodies primary ingredient for energy. It is converted to glucose that our body uses for energy. Glucose are simple sugars so right off the bat do understand that even the best carbohydrates for bodybuilding are converted into glucose; which essentially is a sugar. The trick here is to recognize which one is a fast reacting carb and which is a slow reacting carb (more on this later!)<\/p>\n

Sugar, when dumped into the bloodstream raises insulin. Insulin and it\u2019s release is propagated by carbs, which is why they are notorious for weight gain. Insulin shuts down the fat burning process in the body. So insulin would signal the body to uptake the glucose produced by carbs for energy and signal fat and muscle cells to take the glucose from the blood. Obviously you\u2019d want the glucose to go to your muscle but when the body is producing sufficient energy, and depending on your body-type, it is stored as fat.<\/p>\n

Another important thing to note here, before we jump into the types of carbs, is the prioritization our body gives to these certain macronutrients. For energy, the body prefers carbohydrates and if you are \u2018carb-sensitive\u2019, then that just means that your body either has an offset nutrient partitioning. These kind of people especially need to monitor their daily intake of carbohydrates.<\/p>\n