It can help regulate how fast
sugar gets into the bloodstream, help you (or your pet) feel full, and it can help food move through your digestive system to prevent constipation.
Not exact matches
Once glucose from the food you eat is absorbed
into your
bloodstream blood glucose levels go up and your pancreas starts secreting insulin to help
get that
sugar out of your
bloodstream and
into your brain and muscles where it is needed (after all, it is not safe to have high blood
sugar levels.)
This means it
gets converted
into sugar more slowly, releasing energy steadily
into the
bloodstream and keeping you full longer.
The glucose, like all of the nutrients, soon
gets absorbed
into the
bloodstream creating a peak in what we call «blood
sugar levels», which results with the releasing of more insulin from the pancreas in order to push glucose to the cells, basically «commanding» the cells to open up and absorb it, where it
gets used as an energy source.
A recent study published in the Journal of Functional Foods found that by blocking the digestion of certain
sugars and starches, the acetic acid in apple cider vinegar can help you reduce the count of calories of your meal, i.e. less
gets broken down
into calories in the
bloodstream.
It plays alone because the fiber and protein and fat have all been processed out, allowing the carb to move fast
into the
bloodstream, absorb too quickly, and cause blood
sugar to
get too high too fast.
Since liquid
sugar (in drinks)
gets absorbed
into your
bloodstream quickly — particularly when you sip it first thing in the a.m. — the corresponding blood
sugar spike and crash makes you crave even more
sugar later.
It also depends on how level your blood
sugar is and if you're
getting those hypoglycaemic symptoms, sometimes those people need to increase their protein, while decreasing some of the carbohydrates, especially those refined carbohydrates, and give their body more fibre - rich carbohydrates that the body has to work harder to extract and release
into the
bloodstream.
Grape leaves» fiber content adds bulk to your food to help physically fill your stomach, and also helps slow digestion so that you
get a gradual release of
sugar into your
bloodstream, instead of a blood
sugar spike and crash that leaves you ravenous.
Since protein and fat are digested more slowly, they help slow the absorption of glucose
into the
bloodstream and ensures your body
gets the steady stream of
sugar into the blood on which it thrives.
When the blood
sugar levels drop below 80 mg / dl the body responds by kicking out some cortisol which tells the body to break the glycogen (stored
sugar) in the muscle and liver in order to
get more
sugar into the
bloodstream.
Alcohol is a simple
sugar that
gets quickly absorbed
into the
bloodstream.
To
get the glucose
into your cells, the
sugar travels
into the
bloodstream and triggers your pancreas to produce insulin.
Part of insulin's job is to
get sugar out of the
bloodstream and
into the cells (read a more thorough explanation of this here).
The feeling the author is describing sounds more like both, a severe blood
sugar imbalance with concomitant stress hormone and adrenaline (stress neurotransmitter) release, while the body is freeing up toxins
into the
bloodstream but not able to
get rid of them.
These
sugars get absorbed up
into the
bloodstream and can cause excessively high levels of blood
sugar following a meal.
The protein and fat you'll be
getting from the peanut butter slows down the digestion and absorption of the
sugar into the
bloodstream, ensuring your blood
sugar will not rise quickly and remain stabilised.
Once these
sugars enter the
bloodstream, insulin is released from the pancreas to
get the
sugar into the body's cells for fuel.