Category: Carbohydrates
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10 Vegetables and 10 Fruits High in Fiber
Dietary fiber is the edible part of plant foods that cannot be digested or absorbed in the small intestine and passes intact into the large intestine. Fiber is often classified, depending on its solubility, into soluble and insoluble: Soluble fiber absorbs water and forms a gel, which delays the digestion and absorption of nutrients. Soluble…
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Non-Starchy Vegetables – Glucose Level – Glycemic Index (GI) – Glycemic Load (GL)
Glucose is a monosaccharide found naturally in fruits and vegetables. It is also formed from the digestion of complex carbohydrates and the conversion of glycogen by the liver and is the main source of cellular energy in the body. Glucose is essential for the functioning of the brain and red blood cells. Measuring fasting blood…
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Sugar and How It’s Linked to Cancer
It’s well known that sugar, in the form of glucose, is the main source of energy for every cell in our body. The same is true for cancer cells. However, cancer cells use glucose faster than many normal cells and absorb 10-12 times more sugar than healthy cells. Glucose in the growth of cancer cells…
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Sugar, is it Safe? and How Much Can we Eat Per Day?
The World Health Organization guideline for the intake of free sugars (monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose and disaccharides such as sugar, added to foods by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices) in adults and children is to reduce it to less than 10% of total energy…
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Carbohydrate Quality for Healthy Aging
It is known that carbohydrates can affect health differently depending on their quality. Our weight, our energy, and the fluctuations in our blood sugar levels are related to the quality and quantity of carbohydrates we consume with our diet. It is also known that starchy carbohydrates, such as potatoes, white bread, and processed white pasta,…
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Potatoes – A Wonderful Carbohydrate
Potatoes are one of the best-known carbohydrates. They contain mainly starch as a carbohydrate but also fiber. Starch is an important source of energy for the human body, as it is converted into glucose which is then used as fuel for the various functions of the body. Fiber is mainly found in its skin. The…
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Sugar and Headaches. Is there a connection?
Too much sugar or too little sugar in our diet can cause headaches. Blood sugar levels (from too much or too little sugar) and hormonal changes can be responsible for the presence of headaches, and sugar can affect both. Excessive intake of sugar or processed carbohydrates in meals can lead to hyperglycemia, i.e. high blood…
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5 Important Reasons to Limit Sugar Intake
Frequent and excessive sugar consumption is harmful to our health, as in the long term it will create problems such as weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, etc. The natural sugars contained in a balanced diet in foods such as fruits, vegetables, dairy products are essential because they are….natural! These foods, along with the natural sugars…
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What is and what does Nutrition include?
Nutrition is the set of foods that we choose to consume not only to maintain ourselves in life but to have good health as well as to help them in impending diseases. Health is the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or disability. The nutrients in…
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3 reasons to avoid Fried Foods
Fried food is delicious, but there are many reasons why we should avoid it. The 3 main reasons to avoid fried food are the following: 1. Fried foods are rich in trans fats Trans fats come from the use of hydrogenated oils, which are the most common in frying as trans fats increase the shelf…
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