Published in June 2016, a study was conducted across an anonymous survey online using REDCap. The Specific Carbohydrate diet focuses on removing complex sugar-based carbohydrates and retaining simple forms of no more than 1-2 monosaccharide forms. This form of diet is old, the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD), was originally described as a possible ailment to gluten intolerance way back in the 1920s and applied to patients in again in 1987. The specific carbohydrate diet was constructed as a form of an elimination-style diet for the purpose of approaching an alternative treatment to that of digestive complaints. Now, the ‘Specific Carbohydrate Diet’ – What is this? This can be a few at 6-10 to anywhere up to 200 monosaccharide units linked together. These forms of carbohydrates that fit into the ‘complex’ carb category contain anywhere between a few and a large number of monosaccharides linked together.

Sucrose i.e table sugar is a good example of this before we get too technical. These are called Polysaccharides (poly = many) and Oligosaccharides (oligo = few). 1 to two sugar molecules bound together form a simple sugar.Ī complex carbohydrate is MORE than two. Mono (one) saccharides contain 1 sugar molecule. This is where the simple forms and complex forms meet the fork in the road so to speak. When we look at the sugar component there are many molecules that make up the different types of saccharides.

They are comprised generally of three major components:

They are a major macronutrient alongside that of fat and protein that are part of the human diet.

What makes ‘complex carbohydrates’ different from the usual carbohydrates?Ĭarbohydrates still function in the same manner in the general consensus around energy exchange and they break down into glucose for this purpose, to fuel us. Well, we are here today to break down both of them for you into bite-sized pieces of info you can confidently take away with you and teach your friends with a smug office watercooler knowledge-bomb smirk to seal the deal. Specific carbohydrate diet sounds like a bit of a mouthful, then comes in the talk on ‘complex carbohydrates’, and all of a sudden, when we thought diets were complex enough in their design most times, we are feeling more than a little lost wading amongst the information tidal wave out there. Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Pin on Pinterest Email this page

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