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Old December 15th, 2003, 07:57 PM
Victoria
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Checking Your Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are basic energy producers. They come from a variety of
foods including bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit and vegetables.
These are complex Carbohydrates releasing energy into the bloodstream,
our basic energy providers. Other energy producers are cakes, sweets
and sugar. These are simple Carbohydrates. All of these foods break
down into sugar to produce Glucose for our fuel but some foods do it
more quickly than others, e.g, cakes and sweets. If the energy from
these foods is not used up then it will be stored as fat.

If we work on reducing the amount of quick releasing energy
Carbohydrates, we will gain more valuable energy from our food as it
slowly releases the Glucose we need. An alternative way of rating your
Carbohydrates can be by their Glycemic Index. This is the rate at
which Carbohydrates are broken down into Glucose. The higher the
Glycemic rating the quicker the Carbohydrate is broken down and
therefore reaches your bloodstream. When you pay attention to this
there will in turn be a drop in the level of Insulin produced.

Insulin stores incoming nutrients in appropriate cells. If we didn't
have Insulin then cells would not be fed and they would starve to
death. When we eat a lot of quickly absorbed Carbohydrates and simple
sugars, a lot of Insulin is required to distribute the amount we are
eating. The Insulin then stores the excess energy as body fat.

Insulin also regulates hormones in our body which become unbalanced
due to the intake of high Glycemic Indexed Carbohydrates which cause
the over secretion of Insulin. As we get older our Insulin levels
become less able to process the incoming sugars. Therefore, we store
more body fat and are more likely to suffer from Diabetes.

It is very important to maintain your Carbohydrate levels. If the body
has no Carbohydrates at all then it starts to find energy from other
sources other than fat and this can cause nausea and fatigue.

Some low carb diets encourage you to replace your Carbohydrates with
more protein and more dairy products, even encouraging you to have as
much as you like, however this is a very unhealthy, unbalanced way of
eating.

The reason why you see so many people turning to these diets is
because they produce weight loss results fast, if only for the short
term. Also, if you are starving the body of vital energy it may start
to feed itself from living muscle and this is going against what you
are trying to achieve.

A Carbohydrate exclusion diet is not a healthy one but a diet which
adapts your carbohydrate intake via the Glycemic Index, may be a
better alternative.

For more information on health, fitness, diet and exercise visit
www.naturalmatter.com
  #2  
Old December 15th, 2003, 09:02 PM
Carol Frilegh
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For more information on posting to this group go to"
Your website must be under your sugnature not in the body of a message.

Also I don't find the glycemic index one bit accurate or helpful. Since
I follow a diet that allows single chain carbohydrates easily absorbed
right into the bloodstream without having to be broken down by
digestive enzymes, the double or polysaccharide carbs can't be easily
digested and promote bacterial overgrowth and the speed of release has
nothing to do with it.

In article , Victoria
wrote:

Checking Your Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are basic energy producers. They come from a variety of
foods including bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit and vegetables.
These are complex Carbohydrates releasing energy into the bloodstream,
our basic energy providers. Other energy producers are cakes, sweets
and sugar. These are simple Carbohydrates. All of these foods break
down into sugar to produce Glucose for our fuel but some foods do it
more quickly than others, e.g, cakes and sweets. If the energy from
these foods is not used up then it will be stored as fat.

If we work on reducing the amount of quick releasing energy
Carbohydrates, we will gain more valuable energy from our food as it
slowly releases the Glucose we need. An alternative way of rating your
Carbohydrates can be by their Glycemic Index. This is the rate at
which Carbohydrates are broken down into Glucose. The higher the
Glycemic rating the quicker the Carbohydrate is broken down and
therefore reaches your bloodstream. When you pay attention to this
there will in turn be a drop in the level of Insulin produced.

Insulin stores incoming nutrients in appropriate cells. If we didn't
have Insulin then cells would not be fed and they would starve to
death. When we eat a lot of quickly absorbed Carbohydrates and simple
sugars, a lot of Insulin is required to distribute the amount we are
eating. The Insulin then stores the excess energy as body fat.

Insulin also regulates hormones in our body which become unbalanced
due to the intake of high Glycemic Indexed Carbohydrates which cause
the over secretion of Insulin. As we get older our Insulin levels
become less able to process the incoming sugars. Therefore, we store
more body fat and are more likely to suffer from Diabetes.

It is very important to maintain your Carbohydrate levels. If the body
has no Carbohydrates at all then it starts to find energy from other
sources other than fat and this can cause nausea and fatigue.

Some low carb diets encourage you to replace your Carbohydrates with
more protein and more dairy products, even encouraging you to have as
much as you like, however this is a very unhealthy, unbalanced way of
eating.

The reason why you see so many people turning to these diets is
because they produce weight loss results fast, if only for the short
term. Also, if you are starving the body of vital energy it may start
to feed itself from living muscle and this is going against what you
are trying to achieve.

A Carbohydrate exclusion diet is not a healthy one but a diet which
adapts your carbohydrate intake via the Glycemic Index, may be a
better alternative.

For more information on health, fitness, diet and exercise visit
www.naturalmatter.com


--
Diva
********
Completing 4 years of maintenance
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Old December 15th, 2003, 11:14 PM
Brad Sheppard
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Default Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet

What you fail to mention is that many complex carbs are absorbed as
fast or faster than simple carbs - that is, there GI is the same or
higher. A prime culprit is the white potatoe - that is absorbed
faster than table sugar. White bread is also a culprit. Instead of
complex vs simple a better measure is unrefined vs refined. For
accurate nutrition info, try the Harvard site:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritio...ohydrates.html

"Traditionally, carbohydrates that were classified as complex
carbohydrates--such as bread, pasta, and other starches--were
considered to be "good," and simple carbohydrates or sugars--such as
table sugar, candy, and honey--were thought of as "bad." However,
research now shows us that the picture is more complicated.." Warning
- beware of info sites that are ".com" - generally, they are tryng to
sell products.


(Victoria) wrote in message . com...
Checking Your Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are basic energy producers. They come from a variety of
foods including bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit and vegetables.
These are complex Carbohydrates releasing energy into the bloodstream,
our basic energy providers. Other energy producers are cakes, sweets
and sugar. These are simple Carbohydrates. All of these foods break
down into sugar to produce Glucose for our fuel but some foods do it
more quickly than others, e.g, cakes and sweets. If the energy from
these foods is not used up then it will be stored as fat.

If we work on reducing the amount of quick releasing energy
Carbohydrates, we will gain more valuable energy from our food as it
slowly releases the Glucose we need. An alternative way of rating your
Carbohydrates can be by their Glycemic Index. This is the rate at
which Carbohydrates are broken down into Glucose. The higher the
Glycemic rating the quicker the Carbohydrate is broken down and
therefore reaches your bloodstream. When you pay attention to this
there will in turn be a drop in the level of Insulin produced.

Insulin stores incoming nutrients in appropriate cells. If we didn't
have Insulin then cells would not be fed and they would starve to
death. When we eat a lot of quickly absorbed Carbohydrates and simple
sugars, a lot of Insulin is required to distribute the amount we are
eating. The Insulin then stores the excess energy as body fat.

Insulin also regulates hormones in our body which become unbalanced
due to the intake of high Glycemic Indexed Carbohydrates which cause
the over secretion of Insulin. As we get older our Insulin levels
become less able to process the incoming sugars. Therefore, we store
more body fat and are more likely to suffer from Diabetes.

It is very important to maintain your Carbohydrate levels. If the body
has no Carbohydrates at all then it starts to find energy from other
sources other than fat and this can cause nausea and fatigue.

Some low carb diets encourage you to replace your Carbohydrates with
more protein and more dairy products, even encouraging you to have as
much as you like, however this is a very unhealthy, unbalanced way of
eating.

The reason why you see so many people turning to these diets is
because they produce weight loss results fast, if only for the short
term. Also, if you are starving the body of vital energy it may start
to feed itself from living muscle and this is going against what you
are trying to achieve.

A Carbohydrate exclusion diet is not a healthy one but a diet which
adapts your carbohydrate intake via the Glycemic Index, may be a
better alternative.

For more information on health, fitness, diet and exercise visit
www.naturalmatter.com
  #4  
Old December 16th, 2003, 05:40 AM
Cat
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Default Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet

Soooo....how is it that I've lost 85 pounds in a year and I eat white bread
and potatoes all the time?

Cat

"Brad Sheppard" wrote in message
om...
What you fail to mention is that many complex carbs are absorbed as
fast or faster than simple carbs - that is, there GI is the same or
higher. A prime culprit is the white potatoe - that is absorbed
faster than table sugar. White bread is also a culprit. Instead of
complex vs simple a better measure is unrefined vs refined. For
accurate nutrition info, try the Harvard site:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritio...ohydrates.html

"Traditionally, carbohydrates that were classified as complex
carbohydrates--such as bread, pasta, and other starches--were
considered to be "good," and simple carbohydrates or sugars--such as
table sugar, candy, and honey--were thought of as "bad." However,
research now shows us that the picture is more complicated.." Warning
- beware of info sites that are ".com" - generally, they are tryng to
sell products.


(Victoria) wrote in message

. com...
Checking Your Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are basic energy producers. They come from a variety of
foods including bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit and vegetables.
These are complex Carbohydrates releasing energy into the bloodstream,
our basic energy providers. Other energy producers are cakes, sweets
and sugar. These are simple Carbohydrates. All of these foods break
down into sugar to produce Glucose for our fuel but some foods do it
more quickly than others, e.g, cakes and sweets. If the energy from
these foods is not used up then it will be stored as fat.

If we work on reducing the amount of quick releasing energy
Carbohydrates, we will gain more valuable energy from our food as it
slowly releases the Glucose we need. An alternative way of rating your
Carbohydrates can be by their Glycemic Index. This is the rate at
which Carbohydrates are broken down into Glucose. The higher the
Glycemic rating the quicker the Carbohydrate is broken down and
therefore reaches your bloodstream. When you pay attention to this
there will in turn be a drop in the level of Insulin produced.

Insulin stores incoming nutrients in appropriate cells. If we didn't
have Insulin then cells would not be fed and they would starve to
death. When we eat a lot of quickly absorbed Carbohydrates and simple
sugars, a lot of Insulin is required to distribute the amount we are
eating. The Insulin then stores the excess energy as body fat.

Insulin also regulates hormones in our body which become unbalanced
due to the intake of high Glycemic Indexed Carbohydrates which cause
the over secretion of Insulin. As we get older our Insulin levels
become less able to process the incoming sugars. Therefore, we store
more body fat and are more likely to suffer from Diabetes.

It is very important to maintain your Carbohydrate levels. If the body
has no Carbohydrates at all then it starts to find energy from other
sources other than fat and this can cause nausea and fatigue.

Some low carb diets encourage you to replace your Carbohydrates with
more protein and more dairy products, even encouraging you to have as
much as you like, however this is a very unhealthy, unbalanced way of
eating.

The reason why you see so many people turning to these diets is
because they produce weight loss results fast, if only for the short
term. Also, if you are starving the body of vital energy it may start
to feed itself from living muscle and this is going against what you
are trying to achieve.

A Carbohydrate exclusion diet is not a healthy one but a diet which
adapts your carbohydrate intake via the Glycemic Index, may be a
better alternative.

For more information on health, fitness, diet and exercise visit
www.naturalmatter.com


  #5  
Old December 16th, 2003, 12:06 PM
Succorso
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Default Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet


"Cat" wrote in message
ink.net...
Soooo....how is it that I've lost 85 pounds in a year and I eat white

bread
and potatoes all the time?

Cat


er... because you've burned (gets out calculator) roughly 297,500 more
calories than you've eaten during that time?

--
Succorso


  #6  
Old December 16th, 2003, 01:31 PM
Carol Frilegh
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Default Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet

It's nopt about weight loss, it's about gastric health.
In article . net, Cat
wrote:

Soooo....how is it that I've lost 85 pounds in a year and I eat white bread
and potatoes all the time?

Cat

"Brad Sheppard" wrote in message
om...
What you fail to mention is that many complex carbs are absorbed as
fast or faster than simple carbs - that is, there GI is the same or
higher. A prime culprit is the white potatoe - that is absorbed
faster than table sugar. White bread is also a culprit. Instead of
complex vs simple a better measure is unrefined vs refined. For
accurate nutrition info, try the Harvard site:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritio...ohydrates.html

"Traditionally, carbohydrates that were classified as complex
carbohydrates--such as bread, pasta, and other starches--were
considered to be "good," and simple carbohydrates or sugars--such as
table sugar, candy, and honey--were thought of as "bad." However,
research now shows us that the picture is more complicated.." Warning
- beware of info sites that are ".com" - generally, they are tryng to
sell products.


(Victoria) wrote in message

. com...
Checking Your Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are basic energy producers. They come from a variety of
foods including bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit and vegetables.
These are complex Carbohydrates releasing energy into the bloodstream,
our basic energy providers. Other energy producers are cakes, sweets
and sugar. These are simple Carbohydrates. All of these foods break
down into sugar to produce Glucose for our fuel but some foods do it
more quickly than others, e.g, cakes and sweets. If the energy from
these foods is not used up then it will be stored as fat.

If we work on reducing the amount of quick releasing energy
Carbohydrates, we will gain more valuable energy from our food as it
slowly releases the Glucose we need. An alternative way of rating your
Carbohydrates can be by their Glycemic Index. This is the rate at
which Carbohydrates are broken down into Glucose. The higher the
Glycemic rating the quicker the Carbohydrate is broken down and
therefore reaches your bloodstream. When you pay attention to this
there will in turn be a drop in the level of Insulin produced.

Insulin stores incoming nutrients in appropriate cells. If we didn't
have Insulin then cells would not be fed and they would starve to
death. When we eat a lot of quickly absorbed Carbohydrates and simple
sugars, a lot of Insulin is required to distribute the amount we are
eating. The Insulin then stores the excess energy as body fat.

Insulin also regulates hormones in our body which become unbalanced
due to the intake of high Glycemic Indexed Carbohydrates which cause
the over secretion of Insulin. As we get older our Insulin levels
become less able to process the incoming sugars. Therefore, we store
more body fat and are more likely to suffer from Diabetes.

It is very important to maintain your Carbohydrate levels. If the body
has no Carbohydrates at all then it starts to find energy from other
sources other than fat and this can cause nausea and fatigue.

Some low carb diets encourage you to replace your Carbohydrates with
more protein and more dairy products, even encouraging you to have as
much as you like, however this is a very unhealthy, unbalanced way of
eating.

The reason why you see so many people turning to these diets is
because they produce weight loss results fast, if only for the short
term. Also, if you are starving the body of vital energy it may start
to feed itself from living muscle and this is going against what you
are trying to achieve.

A Carbohydrate exclusion diet is not a healthy one but a diet which
adapts your carbohydrate intake via the Glycemic Index, may be a
better alternative.

For more information on health, fitness, diet and exercise visit
www.naturalmatter.com


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Old December 16th, 2003, 01:36 PM
jmk
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On 12/16/2003 6:06 AM, Succorso wrote:
"Cat" wrote in message
ink.net...

Soooo....how is it that I've lost 85 pounds in a year and I eat white


bread

and potatoes all the time?

Cat



er... because you've burned (gets out calculator) roughly 297,500 more
calories than you've eaten during that time?


I think that Cat was kidding around a bit. I'm sure that she knows
that. I lost 70 pounds last year. I am definitely more on the low fat
end of the spectrum (if we said low fat was at one end and low carb at
the other). I eat a lot of whole grains and get a lot of fiber (30-40 g
per day) in my diet but I also eat white potatotes and risotto. I
exercise more than I did at this time last year and I eat less. It
really helps that I am travelling less for work too. The overall
balance of what I am eating has changed as well. Clearly a it matter
what kind of fats you are consuming and what kind of carbs you are
consuming but to lose weight, you have to consume fewer calories that
you are burning. Heck, when people following a low carb pplan don't
lose weight, they cut calories.

--
jmk in NC

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Old December 16th, 2003, 04:43 PM
Brad Sheppard
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Congrats on the 85 pounds! The real challenge, however, will be
keeping it off. White bread and potatoes may cause your blood sugar to
spike - when it crashes it causes undue hunger. You've resisted this
hunger so far - but your body is going to want to go back to your
equilibrium weight. White bread and potatoes may increase that
equilibrium weight. You're not out of the woods until you've kept the
weight off for five years. Why not make that easier to do? Hope you
are also exercising one hour a day.


"Cat" wrote in message link.net...
Soooo....how is it that I've lost 85 pounds in a year and I eat white bread
and potatoes all the time?

Cat

"Brad Sheppard" wrote in message
om...
What you fail to mention is that many complex carbs are absorbed as
fast or faster than simple carbs - that is, there GI is the same or
higher. A prime culprit is the white potatoe - that is absorbed
faster than table sugar. White bread is also a culprit. Instead of
complex vs simple a better measure is unrefined vs refined. For
accurate nutrition info, try the Harvard site:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritio...ohydrates.html

"Traditionally, carbohydrates that were classified as complex
carbohydrates--such as bread, pasta, and other starches--were
considered to be "good," and simple carbohydrates or sugars--such as
table sugar, candy, and honey--were thought of as "bad." However,
research now shows us that the picture is more complicated.." Warning
- beware of info sites that are ".com" - generally, they are tryng to
sell products.


(Victoria) wrote in message

. com...
Checking Your Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are basic energy producers. They come from a variety of
foods including bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit and vegetables.
These are complex Carbohydrates releasing energy into the bloodstream,
our basic energy providers. Other energy producers are cakes, sweets
and sugar. These are simple Carbohydrates. All of these foods break
down into sugar to produce Glucose for our fuel but some foods do it
more quickly than others, e.g, cakes and sweets. If the energy from
these foods is not used up then it will be stored as fat.

If we work on reducing the amount of quick releasing energy
Carbohydrates, we will gain more valuable energy from our food as it
slowly releases the Glucose we need. An alternative way of rating your
Carbohydrates can be by their Glycemic Index. This is the rate at
which Carbohydrates are broken down into Glucose. The higher the
Glycemic rating the quicker the Carbohydrate is broken down and
therefore reaches your bloodstream. When you pay attention to this
there will in turn be a drop in the level of Insulin produced.

Insulin stores incoming nutrients in appropriate cells. If we didn't
have Insulin then cells would not be fed and they would starve to
death. When we eat a lot of quickly absorbed Carbohydrates and simple
sugars, a lot of Insulin is required to distribute the amount we are
eating. The Insulin then stores the excess energy as body fat.

Insulin also regulates hormones in our body which become unbalanced
due to the intake of high Glycemic Indexed Carbohydrates which cause
the over secretion of Insulin. As we get older our Insulin levels
become less able to process the incoming sugars. Therefore, we store
more body fat and are more likely to suffer from Diabetes.

It is very important to maintain your Carbohydrate levels. If the body
has no Carbohydrates at all then it starts to find energy from other
sources other than fat and this can cause nausea and fatigue.

Some low carb diets encourage you to replace your Carbohydrates with
more protein and more dairy products, even encouraging you to have as
much as you like, however this is a very unhealthy, unbalanced way of
eating.

The reason why you see so many people turning to these diets is
because they produce weight loss results fast, if only for the short
term. Also, if you are starving the body of vital energy it may start
to feed itself from living muscle and this is going against what you
are trying to achieve.

A Carbohydrate exclusion diet is not a healthy one but a diet which
adapts your carbohydrate intake via the Glycemic Index, may be a
better alternative.

For more information on health, fitness, diet and exercise visit
www.naturalmatter.com

  #9  
Old December 17th, 2003, 03:40 AM
jamie
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Default Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet

Cat wrote:
Soooo....how is it that I've lost 85 pounds in a year and I eat white bread
and potatoes all the time?


You apparently don't have insulin resistance/Syndrome X. Assorted official
estimates say that 30 percent or more of overweight people do.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

  #10  
Old December 17th, 2003, 04:23 AM
MH
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"Brad Sheppard" wrote in message
om...
Congrats on the 85 pounds! The real challenge, however, will be
keeping it off. White bread and potatoes may cause your blood sugar to
spike - when it crashes it causes undue hunger.


Not for everybody. I don't eat much white bread because I like whole wheat
better. But I haven't taken potatoes out of my diet. Like all foods, I've
cut back on portion size.

You've resisted this
hunger so far - but your body is going to want to go back to your
equilibrium weight. White bread and potatoes may increase that
equilibrium weight. You're not out of the woods until you've kept the
weight off for five years. Why not make that easier to do? Hope you
are also exercising one hour a day.


I hope you take at least one day off a week from exercising. It's good for
your body to have a rest day.

Martha




 




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