It seems, from the last post, that most of us are going carb crazy. Many of you have thought about ways to fit protein and fats into your breakfast. This is a good thing. Now you need to look at the rest of your meals and see if you are balancing your meals throughout the day. What happens when we eat all carbohydrate meals?
Let’s look at the digestive process. Everything that you eat gets converted by the digestive system into blood glucose so that it can be used by the body as energy. Proteins and fats take longer to convert and raise the blood glucose levels at a slower rate (this is good). Carbohydrates are converted much more rapidly causing spikes in blood sugar levels. Simple and processed carbohydrates(most of the breakfast food you are eating) cause much more rapid spikes. Grains and sugar are what we are looking to avoid. Most of the carbohydrates you are consuming now are made from grains. Think pizza, pasta, bread, cereal, and any form of processed food. Most processed foods are made from refined grains, starches, and sugars. They are high-glycemic, meaning they cause large swings in blood sugar levels and are associated with greater risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic health problems. Consider this chain of events: A high glycemic food such as a sugary cereal, or wheat bread is consumed; this causes blood sugar levels to skyrocket, as a result, insulin levels are increased and blood sugar levels are decreased to levels lower than before you consumed the high glycemic carbohydrate (resulting in a feeling of sluggishness), because of this chain of events, the liver is forced to produce higher triglyceride levels which increase cholesterol, the kidneys retain sodium which causes fluid retention, the final result is an increase in blood pressure, Inflammation and hypertension. Vegetables and fruits are carbohydrates that are broken down more slowly by the digestive system and cause a slower rise in blood sugar.
I know this was a long one so I am checking for understanding. For this weeks blog, let me know, in your own words, why high glycemic carbohydrates are a bad food choice.
high glycemic carbohydrates are a bad food choice because they cause large swings in blood sugar levels which lead to a greater risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic health problems.
ReplyDeleteglycemic Carbohydrates can cause heart problems and
ReplyDeletewith all the sugar in cereal in the morning it would give you a short sugar boost and it would give you energy but it would ware off and then later on you won't have energy to do well in skewl DAVID NEBB
ReplyDeletesam cheng
ReplyDeletebecause it causes a chain reaction of health issues later on in life.
To understand the importance of carbohydrates in our diet remember two things:
ReplyDelete-The human body runs on glucose. Therefore all foods need to be converted into glucose before they can provide energy.
-Carbohydrates are more readily converted into glucose than protein or fat, and may be considered the body's "preferred" source of energy.
Thanks for this nice post. It is very informative.
Keyan Javadi-
ReplyDeleteHigh Glycemic Carbohydrates are a bad food choice because it can raise your blood sugar level which makes you have a greater risk in obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and other problems. All of these problems can result in death which is not a good choice.
-David Chan
ReplyDeleteHigh glycemic carbs are a bad food choice because it might cause you to be very energetic at first but later on in the day, you will feel tired and you might become obese or have other life problems later
High glycemic carbs are converted into glucose very quickly, and that causes a sharp increase in blood sugar levels. This can cause sluggishness later in the day, and eventually lead to high blood pressure,obesity and/or diabetes.
ReplyDelete-Katharine Kong
high glycemic carbohydrates give you a short energy boost but make you crash later. They also can lead to heart problems over time
ReplyDeleteHigh glycemic carbohydrates are bad because they can eventually lead to high blood pressure, inflammation, and hypertension.
ReplyDelete-Vinay Mallikaarjun
high glycemic carbohydrates are very bad because they contain large amounts of sugar that could lead to heart problems,diabeaties and obesity.
ReplyDeleteThey are high-glycemic, meaning they cause large swings in blood sugar levels and are associated with greater risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic health problems.
ReplyDeleteSam Lansat
High glycemic carbohydrates are a bad food choice because it increases your blood sugar levels and this gives a greater chance for heart diseases, obesity, and other serious health problems.
ReplyDeleteLoryn Chen
Alex Kern says -
ReplyDeleteHigh Glycemic Carbs are a bad food choice because they make you very energetic at the moment but then have an energy crash later in the day.
While eating more and more high glycemic carbs, it will increase blood pressure, gain weight, and an increased chance of getting diabetes.
ReplyDelete-Stefan Oganesoff
High glycemic carbs aren't good because they can cause swings in blood sugar/pressure, heart diseases, diabetes, and obesity.
ReplyDeleteIt also causes problems related to sugar rush (crashes).
Andy Pham
Because they are a type of fat that can add tp your body weight and increase your blood sugar, causeing you to be hyper, and then suddenly crash.
ReplyDeleteThey are a bad food choice because they raise your blood sugar level as well as risks of diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases, and obesity
ReplyDeletehiba Mohiuddin-
ReplyDeletethey can increase your blood suagar and cause problems
High glycemic carbs are not healthy because there is sudden increase in your sugar levels, but then you get tired later in the day. It also leads to obesity and high blood pressure.
ReplyDeletehigh glycemic cards aren't very good for your body. if you have no much of the item, object or thing then that would eventrully lead to heart disease, possiability of obesity, high boold pressure, and thepossibility of having high blood sugar. also it would cause u to less energy then you used to have in the beginning.
ReplyDeleteNancy Cheng
High glycemic carbs aren't healthy because they can cause an unsafe drop or drastic incerase in your heart rate, because of the increase in sugar, when you get a sugar high your sugar levels go up, when you crash, your heart rate goes down
ReplyDeleteHigh glycermic carbs are very bad for the human body. This is because of the sudden drop in sugar levels. It can lead to an unbalanced heart rate
ReplyDeleteAnirudh Sridhar
glycemic Carbohydrates can cause heart problems and thats not good becuz as a human u wanna be healthy so u dont suffer from death and stuff
ReplyDelete-fabian
because it causes a chain reaction of health issues later on in life.
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