Blood Glucose Level
Carbohydrate and how it affect blood glucose level
How Food Affect Blood Glucose Level.
Our body needs adequate amounts of six essential nutrients to function normally. Three of these - water vitamins, and minerals provide no energy and do not affect blood glucose level. The other three, carbohydrate, protein and fat provide your body with energy it needs to work.
The food you eat is digested and broken down into your body primary fuel source, glucose. While all energy nutrient are broken down into glucose, carbohydrates have a more direct effect on blood glucose levels. Protein and fat have a slower and more indirect effect on those levels. Understanding this can help you predict how certain food will affect your glucose levels.
Carbohydrate and It Impact On Blood Glucose Level
Commonly known as sugars and starches, carbohydrate are body's main and preferred source of energy. The enter your bloodstream rapidly and are completely broken down in about 2 hours. There are generally 3 types of simple carbohydrates, or sugar (such as table sugar and honey); digestible complex carbohydrates or starches (in bread, pasta, and potatoes) and non-digestible carbohydrates or fiber. Nearly 100 percent of the sugars and starches you eat break down into glucose at the same speed regardless of their source. So if you want to control you blood glucose level you will need to control the intake of sugar and starches.
Fiber is made up of complex carbohydrate that cannot be broken down by the body enzymes. There are 2 types of fiber, soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber remains suspended in water. It is found in oats, barley, ceraals, apples and other fruits. It delays glucose absorption, lower cholesterol, and decrease the speed at which food moves through your intestines. In soluble fiber fond in all fruits, vegetable, legumes and seed also delay glucose absorption and slow the breakdown of sugar and starches into glucose, which help to control the blood sugar levels.
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