Introduction

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Ladies and Gym Bros I know You've been waiting for the moment that I will deserve you hot eba!! Wait no more! Your time has arrived.

I have here what you ordered in your menu The list of Nigerian Carbohydrates Sources for Gym Members.

EATING CARBS WILL NOT MAKE YOU THE BIGGEST ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

You can not build muscle without your muscles and you can not lose fat without your muscles.

If you dont't get enough carbs you'll lose muscle protein because your muscles need energy and they convert protein to energy through Gluconeogenesis.

Bad Carb sources

White bread and Soft drinks

1 35cl Coke has 39g of Coca-Cola and it accounts for 10% of our 1,600 to 2,000 calorie daily BMR.

BMR is the amount of fat that we on a daily basis

Good sources of carbohydrates burn like firewood (Slow and Steady) while bad sources burn like an atomic bomb (fast and unsteady).

Yam

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Yam. Yes, The yam that we yam.

Remember when Kendrick Lamar said yam...yeah not that yam!

yam contains about 118 to 158 calories per 100g servings and each has about 27 to 37g of carbohydrate.

Yams also have minerals and vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin C and, Vitamin B5. One serving of yam can provide over 300% of your daily vitamin A needs.8

Rice

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Whether it is Nigerian Jellof or Ghanaian Jellof we all know that it's all carbs and Nigerian Jellof is better.

Rice has about 130 to 120 calories per 100g servings.

Rice has Vitamins and minerals too like Potassium, magnesium, selenium and iron

Cassava

Garri, fufu, eba, you know the drill

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100 grams of cassava has about 160-190 calories, that's a little above a bottle of Fanta

Cassava also has about 20-30% of the daily requirement for vitamin C. It also has thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, copper, folate, vitamin B6, potassium, magnesium and calcium...shocker right? People had you thinking all it has cyanide.

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Beans

Beans is making a guest appearance from the protein section. 100g of bean is about 100 to 194Calories and 7 to 13g of protein

Plantain

100g of Plantain is about 127 C and 27g of carbs

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