Glyconutrients And Essential Nutrients

What are the best nutrient ratios of carbohydrates to proteins to fats?  Before delving into that let's first see what these nutrients are all about:

 The Importance of Carbohydrates in Nutrient Ratios

Eating in our society today revolves around diets that are high in carbohydrates and rightly so, because the world's population has never been greater than it is at this time.   Generally speaking, carbs are very inexpensive.  They keep vast populations of the world alive and nourished and represent the main source of our nutritive fuel.  Carbs are made up of sugars and are converted by the body into glucose which is stored as quick energy in the liver and muscles in the form of glycogen.  Carbs can be simple or complex in that complex or slow burning carbs (like brown rice) take longer to be broken down into energy than simple carbs (like table sugar).   In the early 1980s, carbs began to be categorized as to how fast they break down and become blood glucose (sugar).  This has become known as the glycemic index. Variations of the same kind of carb can be on a different glycemic level:  In the glycemic index, brown rice is a slower burning carb than white rice.  It is interesting to note that carbohydrates are widely consumed as our main energy source yet they are not essential to sustaining life.  You could live healthily the rest of your life without ever eating another carb.

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