Carbohydrates are the backbone of most modern diets and form the bulk of most caloric consumption. Dietary carbohydrates are the preferred fuel source of fuel for working muscle during short intense exercise, they are the preferred fuel of the brain, they can be stored as glycogen for use later, they prevent proteins from being used as a fuel, they aid in digestion, and provide flavor to food (Maughan, 2005). Carbohydrates are an important fuel source, but over consumption of

The joint by joint approach, as described by Cook (2010), is a way to conceptualize the body as a stack of joints that alternate between needing mobility and stability, that have specific predictable types of dysfunction. Joint pain is usually accompanied by either dysfunction in the above or below joints mobility or stability. This is due to changes in mobility force a stable joint to move, as a compensation, which leads to altered transfer of forces and pain. Two joint area