When exercising routinely, timing the food that you eat around your exercise activities is important. Carbohydrate intake is particularly influential, with different ideal timings for simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. The best types of carbohydrates to eat during and/or immediately after exercise are simple carbohydrates, whereas complex carbohydrates are ideally consumed a couple of hours before exercise. Complex carbohydrates take longer to digest and enter the bloodstream and can help build glycogen stores.
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made with nonfat roasted chicken b yogurt reast whole-wheat pancakes grilled salmon sport drink with glucose brown rice with vegetables Foods Rich in Simple Carbohydrates Foods Rich in Complex Carbohydrates Non-Carbohydrate Foods

simple sugars or carbohydrates are the carbohydrates that are easily broken into a form that help the body to get energy and found in fruit, milk, juices, and processed sugars.

- Banana smoothie made with non-fat yogurt

- Sports drink with glucose

Food rich in complex carbohydrate

Complex carbohydrates are the longer chain of simple carbohydrates or sugars that are long and complex.

- Whole wheat pancakes

- brown rice with vegetable

Food rich in non-carbohydrate

Both food samples given are high in protein and lack the carbohydrate

- Roasted chicken breast

- Grilled salmon