This diet calls for low glycemic index foods that keep your blood sugar low and steady instead creating
huge blood sugar spikes as after consumption of junk food.
Recently I had some banana and noticed I didn't get
a huge blood sugar spike or...
Recently I had some banana and noticed I didn't get
a huge blood sugar spike or...
Not exact matches
I'm not a nutritionist, but I read a lot, and there is a plethora of research explaining the short and long term benefits of not having
huge spikes in
blood sugar throughout the day, and that includes kids.
All starch
spikes blood sugar and so from a health perspective use comes with a
huge caveat.
For instance, when a person eats 2 or 3 glazed donuts, there is a
huge spike in
blood sugar and compensating insulin secretion after such a meal.
My problem is the more my
blood sugar spikes the more i lose a
huge amount of weight.
Remember, the purpose of insulin is to escort
sugar from our
blood to our cells, so this
huge spike that occurs when we eat refined
sugars causes more
sugar to get pulled out of the
blood a lot faster than normal.
The fiber in fruits also slows down the digestion process and will delay and ease that
huge spike in
blood sugar that refined
sugar causes.
Short - term
spikes in
blood sugar are caused by things like eating a
huge meal or being sick or really stressed, and generally aren't a big deal so long as your body can normalize.
Carbohydrates, on the other hand, are digested very quickly, causing a
spike in
blood sugar levels and leaving you hungry (even though I just ate that
huge bowl of pasta!
The immediate result is that it fools the pancreas into releasing a
huge spike of insulin, which is quickly followed by a precipitous drop in
blood sugar (acute hypoglycemia) since there isn't really any surplus
sugar for the insulin to work on.