Healthy Food and Living » carbohydrates http://healthyfoodandliving.com Good Advice to Eating Right and Living Right Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:06:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Carbohydrate http://healthyfoodandliving.com/carbohydrate/ http://healthyfoodandliving.com/carbohydrate/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:03:19 +0000 lightfl http://healthyfoodandliving.com/2007/04/06/carbohydrate/ Carbohydrates, especially complex carbohydrates are important to our healthy bodies. The main focus of your food intake should come from the following groups of complex carbohydrates:

# green/yellow vegetables – 3 or more servings daily

#grains, including cereal, rice, whole grains breads – 2 servings daily

#potatoes or sweet potatoes – 2 servings daily

# various fruits – 3 or more serving daily

#beans and peas – 2- 3 servings daily

Certain carbohydrate – rich vegetables and fruits show cancer protective effect.

*Those high in Vitamin A-Orange and yellow in color: carrots, pumpkin, watermelon, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, plums and peaches.

*Those high in Vitamin C-Oranges, cauliflower, tomatoes, cantaloupe, strawberries, spinach and cabbages. Cruciferous vegetables Include cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower – eat several times a week

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