Sentences with phrase «particular carbohydrate food»

The glycemic index measures a particular carbohydrate food's ability to raise blood glucose levels relative to that of glucose.

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Nutrient - richness is defined as the amount of a particular nutrient (vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, omega - 3 fatty acids, and others) in relationship to that food's caloric value.

GI (glycemic index) tells you whether the carbohydrate in the particular food is a «slow» or «fast» type of carbohydrate.

Up until now, there has been a heavy focus on the role of animal protein and cooking in the development of the human brain over the last 2 million years, and the importance of carbohydrate, particular in form of starch - rich plant foods, has been largely overlooked.

Most products you can buy on the market, contain a combination of protein, fats, and carbohydrates, so the classification of bodybuilding foods is performed conventionally only by giving emphasis on certain macro-nutrients and their amounts in the particular food.

I found out that stress makes me want to eat a lot of sugary foods (chocolate cake in particular) because the carbohydrates in it give me a very comforting feeling even though I knew that I will have to pay for the consequences afterwards.

Nature provides the necessary enzymes for that particular food, so avocados have a higher proportion of lipase to break down fat, while pears contain more amylase to work on their higher carbohydrate concentration.

The Glycemic Index (GI) is a measure of the glycemic effect of carbohydrate in a particular food compared to an equivalent amount of carbohydrate in a standard amount of glucose or white bread.

The index is a ranking of carbohydrate foods which measures the rate at which the blood glucose (or blood sugar) levels rise when a particular food is eaten.

The glycemic index measures the effect on blood glucose of a given amount of carbohydrate from a particular food source, in comparison to the same amount of carbohydrate in white bread as the standard (set at 100).

When you don't get enough sleep, you may feel hungrier than usual and crave high - fat, high - carbohydrate foods, in particular.

Reversing diabetes does not take very long with a whole food diet rich in vegetables in particular green leafy ones, low in carbohydrate (grains and starchy foods in particular white processed) and high in good fats (flax oil, coconut oil, seeds and nuts).

In our quest to increase the protein levels and reduce the carbohydrate levels in our diets often the fat component of our diet is left to chance, being made up from whatever happens to be included with the particular foods we choose to eat rather than selected based on it's nutritional merit or our physiological needs.

With the increase in popularity of «low carbohydrate» diets over the last few years you may have noticed the fat levels of some of the popular sports foods, in particular the bars and drink mixes, has crept up to levels which would have previously been considered «unacceptable» by many fitness and nutrition enthusiasts.

The deficiency has led nutritionists towards the development of the improved index GL (glycemic load), which is the GI multiplied by the net carbs (the total carbohydrate content of the food minus the fibre content and sugar alcohols) of regular portion of the particular food.

If you have trouble getting a lot of these types of foods in, whether it is because of another particular health condition you have or diet you are on (for instance very low carbohydrate diets often lack fibre), then you should strongly look into supplementing your diet with a fibre supplement such as psyllium.

I would like to comment on carbohydrates in particular grains as an unhalthy food.

The important part is to look for signs and symptoms of Carbohydrate Intolerance in the hours following consumption of a particular food.

If it is detecting lowered leptin (and other hormone) levels in the blood, it does several things: it up - regulates hunger signalling, it emphasizes sweet foods in doing so (partly why so many disordered eaters struggle with carbohydrates in particular), and it sends activation signals to hypocretin neurons.

The idea now is that some people do well on carbohydrate - restricted diets and some people do well on low - fat diets, and maybe this is a result of whether they happen to be insulin sensitive or insulin resistant or maybe its just a product of their particular food tastes and preferences.

This best puppy food formula in particular uses three meat sources, what they call the «triple animal protein» formula, and a very low number of carbohydrates.

Structurally, carbohydrates (starches in particular) are essential to dry pet food processing; commercial extruded pet foods use starches to give the food structure and texture.