Carbohydrates
Most people think you should avoid carbohydrates completely. There are some carbohydrates you should avoid and some you should not. People bodies reacts to carbohydrates in different ways. There is a chart know as the glycemic index (GI) that assign foods a number that indicate how quickly food turns into glucose.
Glucose is known as blood sugar in your body. High glucose foods are quickly digested and turn into to glucose in your body. These foods are less nutritious for you. Your body produces the hormone insulin through the presence of sugar in your blood. The role insulin plays in your body is to move sugar that is not being used out of your bloodstream and into your body.
Foods that are high in sugar or the glycemic index (GI) are digested quickly that flood the body with sugar. So when glucose is not burned quickly in the body, it is stored as fat by the hormone insulin. As soon as foods that are high in sugar get stored as fat by insulin, you are hunry again. So avoid foods that are high in sugar. Some foods high in sugar foods are pasta, white bread, white rice, snickers bars, sodas and etc. Please see glycemic index for foods with a high glycemic index.
Food with a low glycemic index is digested slowly in the body. Slow digestion means the glucose from these foods are available as energy for hours. You store less fat by eating low GI index foods. Some foods with a low GI foods are chicken, high fiber vegetables, brown rice and etc. Please see glycemic index chart for foods.
Low Level GI Index Foods
Moderate Level GI Index Foods
High Level GI Index Foods
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