White or Brown Rice
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I’d like to write a blog-post on rice. Why would you ask. It’s just nutrition.
With the difference that bodybuilders eat a lot of rice. White rice and brown
rice. We use it to manipulate our body-composition, not only to eat for energy.
We manipulate our endogenous insulin with white rice, so we don’t need to inject
(exogenous) insulin. The most important difference between brown and white rice
is its effect on insulin output. This is called the Glycemic index. I don’t
want to confuse you with all aspects of insulin usage and nutrition. The timing,
counting, cycling. That’s why we will use this blog-post to explain the
nutritional value of rice.
Foods are used by strength athletes in the first place as a
source of energy, to perform heavy work-outs. The most important source of
energy for the strength athletes body are carbohydrates (especially glycogen)
and fat. In a heavy work-out the body will first choose to burn carbohydrates.
If the depots of glycogen are getting empty, the body switches to the combustion
of body-fat and proteins. Body-fat as a combustible needs 10 percent more oxygen
to produce the same amount of energy. Proteins are even more unproductive
because they can only produce around 50 percent of the maximum energy. These
problems can be prevented, by eating a carbohydrates rich meal before a heavy
work-out to fill the glycogen depots and if you train very long or perform
aerobics after your work-out you can eat during or between work-out
sessions.
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