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Sugars Role In Obesity

To understand why sugar makes us obese, we need to
understand sugar and the role it has in our body. Sugar is a
form of carbohydrate, which is what provides our bodiy with
energy.

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To understand why sugar makes us obese, we need to understand sugar and the role it has in our body. Sugar is a form of carbohydrate, which is what provides our bodiy with energy.

The Glycemic Index Carbohydrates can be classified into two kinds, simple high GI, and complex low GI, GI stands for Glycemic Index, which is the scale that measures how fast certain carbohydrates get broken down in our body. High GI (highest at 100, glucose) break down faster than low GI carbohydrates.

Low GI carbohydrates are healthier choices because they take longer to break down whereas high GI carbohydrates, like soft drinks, break down very fast.

Why are high GI carbohydrates bad? High GI carbohydrates cause relatively huge insulin spikes in our body. Insulin is a hormone in our body that regulates our blood sugar. Our blood sugar has to be maintained constant because excess sugar is poisonous in our blood. To cope with this huge
increase in blood sugar, the body releases an equally huge amount of insulin.

Insulin also has one potent effect on our body, it stops the fat burning processes in our body and it also stores excess blood sugar as fat. Our body can become resistant to insulin with too many insulin spikes. Insulin resistance happens when our body no longer reacts to insulin. Sugar in our
bloodstream is toxic and our body removes it by burning it off.. The excess sugar that cannot be burnt gets stored as muscle glycogen and when these glycogen reserves are full, they will be stored as fat. A person who cannot convert excess sugar into glycogen or fat will suffer from the
poisoning effects of excess sugar in our blood.

Substitute honey for sugar

Honey is composed of sugars like glucose and fructose and minerals like magnesium, potassium, calcium, sodium chlorine, sulfur, iron and phosphate. It contains vitamins B1, B2, C, B6, B5 and B3 all of which change according to the qualities of the nectar and pollen. Besides the above, copper, iodine, and zinc exist in it in small quantities. Several kinds of hormones are also present in it.

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Douglas Adams is the owner of All Wellbeing.com A website dedicated to increasing knowledge of health related issues.

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