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Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet
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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Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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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Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydratediet
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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Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet
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 |
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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." |
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Checking the Glycemic Index of Food is healthier than a low Carbohydrate diet
"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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