Sentences with phrase «complex sugars known»

Reishi mushroom contains complex sugars known as beta - glucans that may stop the growth and prevent spread of cancer cells.

The research team has uncovered how one group of gut bacteria, known as Bacteroidetes, digest complex sugars known as xyloglucans.

Not exact matches

Refined sugars are a no - no but complex carbohydrates, like those found in whole - grain pastas, rice, and breads, are an important component of a healthy low - fat diet.

One well - known model for the beginnings of life on Earth posits that terrestrial life sprang from complex molecules such as amino acids and sugars produced by electrical discharges in a primeval atmosphere replete with gases such as methane, hydrogen, ammonia and water.

Once thought as a healthier carbohydrate choice, it is now known that although a food contains complex carbs, it can be digested just as quickly as simple carbs like sugars and have similar effects on your health.

We «watch» our fat intake, we reduce complex carbs and sugars, we stay away from sweet treats and generally say «no» to the dessert menu.

Inulin, as it is «digested» by «friendly» gut flora converts to fructooligosaccharides (polysaccharides) and eventually these more complex substances are turned into simple sugars, until finally becoming acids of fermentation (also known as short chain fatty acids such as acetic acid, butyric acid and propionic acid).

No not really as your body will break both simple and complex carbs into their constituent simple sugars.

BUT what if I told you that «Complex carbohydrates» and «Whole Grains» are just glucose molecules hooked together in a long chain; the digestive track breaks it down into glucose... also known as sugar.

We all know that sugar is bad, but we mistakenly believe complex carbohydrates are healthy and we need to eat them in abundance.

The B - complex vitamins — thiamine, niacin, folic acid, vitamin B12 and others — help convert sugar and starches to energy, a process known as carbohydrate metabolism.

If you know anything about IQS you will know that the Program is primarily directed at reducing excessive fructose — scientifically, one of the three basic types of sugar molecules which are the basis of more complex types of sugars — in the diet.

Diabetes mellitus — also known as «sugar» diabetes — is a complex but common disease in which a cat's body either doesn't produce or doesn't properly use insulin.

These are known as monosaccharides which are more easily absorbed than complex sugars (like the disaccharides and polysaccharides often found in processed sugar, starchy veggies, and other sources).