Simple carbohydrates vs complex carbohydrates
Common Questions and Answers about Simple carbohydrates vs complex carbohydrates
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I have written in your previous postings that you need to use Google or Yahoo to search on complex vs simple carbs. Please include a search on the Glycemic Index reference food groups. Educate yourself about the foods available to you, what you put into your body and how these foods will affect your life.
All carbohydrates are broken down to glucose to produce the energy. But there are two forms of carbohydrates that diabetics need to understand. The good is complex carbs, what you should eat.
This does not mean that all carbohydrates must be avoided but it is necessary to limit carbohydrate intake and to choose what are called complex carbohydrates in place of simple carbohydrates. The goal for a type 2 diabetic is to maintain their blood glucose within a safe range. Complex carbohydrates are broken down at a slower rate than simple carbohydrates meaning that the glucose is released into the bloodstream at a slower rate allowing more time for the uptake of glucose.
What does make a point tho is that complex carbohydrates take longer time to break down in your body to that means the blood glucose remains more stable. Complex carbohydrates are startchy food like patatoes, rice and pastas. Simple carbohydrates are what you should avoid and those are desserts and candies.
However, the usual advice is to institute or increase vigorous exercise, reduce saturated fats and increase monounsaturated fats (nuts, olive oil, avocados, etc), and replace simple carbohydrates (sugar and white flour) with complex carbohydrates.
So in addition to following a low fat/low cholesterol diet(avoid red meat, egg yolks, full-fat dairy, processed baked goods, shrimp, meat sausages, fatty pork etc), try to avoid simple carbs and instead go for more complex carbohydrates in one-serving portions(brown rice, whole wheat bread and pasta, whole grain cereals).
Google Glycemic Index [GI] and understand the difference between good carbs [complex] and bad carbs [simple]. Carbohydrates [simple carbs] that break down quickly during digestion and release sugar rapidly into the bloodstream have a high GI; carbohydrates that break down more slowly, releasing sugar more gradually into the bloodstream, have a low GI. As asok mentioned, watch the carbs. Carbs are wreak havoc to a t2 diabetics glucose level.
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As you mention you have gained some weight over a period of one year, you should look to reduce your weight by doing some aerobics exercises regularly and eating a balanced diet which should exclude fatty food, refined carbohydrates that is simple carbohydrates and sweet foods. You should take complex carbohydrates and fibrous food instead. This will help.
Ingestion of increased quantities of carbohydrates, especially simple carbohydrates, increases the level of serotonin in the body, which alters the mood. Simple sugars like candy and sweets can convert sadness and sorrow to an ‘all’s well with the world’ attitude for about an hour or two. Complex carbohydrates also increase serotonin levels but the presence of proteins restricts the production of serotonin.
How does this actually happen?
Only have complex carbohydrates, not simple carbohydrates. No fruit juice from bottles or cans only fresh squeezed! You have to do cardio, a minimum
of 30 minutes a day and you don't have to do it all at one time! You can do 10
minutes 3 times a day if you like. Cardio raises your heart rate that increases your metabolism. Go to the following web address and put in your information
http://www.webmd.
Diabetes will not cause uti's but will make you more susceptible to them. If you do have diabetes, your life is not over. You start off by cutting down on carbohydrates. If you don't exercise...start. If you are overweight, plan on losing a little. If you are borderline, these suggestions will help immensely. About your uti, increase you fluids (not alcohol or caffeine) and you should see an improvement in two to three days.
Good luck.
Remember balancing the carbohydrates and protein is the key and you would required carbohydrates for continuous energy and also for instant day to day work so decrease taking simple carbohydrates as in sugars and try to consume them in fruits and complex fiber rich carbohydrates. Proteins you can increase a little by taking a glass of toned milk with your regular protein diet. With more of intense muscle building you need to take supplements as advised by your trainer.
Hello Joy,
I'm a volunteer and not a physician, so do continue working with the docs on this.
A number of folks with diabetes did start out with episodes of hypoglycemia during the years before their diagnosis. Not all of us started out that way, but some do.
The ketones in his urine can be an indicator that he's metabolizing fat because his cells can't get (enough) glucose. That can happen during extreme exercise and with soem weight loss.
In addition to Asok, Google search the difference between simple and complex carbs. We need carbs for energy. Learn, understand, and apply why simple carbs should be avoided and why complex carbs should be increased in ones diet.
Being prediabetic means you have a very good chance of reversing yourself back to normal. To do this one MUST adhere to lifestyle changes; proper nutrition, maintain proper body weight, and perform daily 30 minute physical exercise. Ignore one defeats the others.
When it is low, sadness or depression may result. Eating sugar or other simple carbohydrates helps temporarily because they stimulate serotonin release. If you are insulin resistant your body is still making insulin but the cells do not respond to it you may also develop persistent food cravings. Adrenal imbalance can also cause food cravings, according to the National Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases.
Moke,
It often takes hours for all our food to be digested, but carbohydrates are digested more quickly. Simple sugars are digested even more quickly & some are initially digested in our mouth. Fats & proteins take longer.
Depending on what we eat, we could get a blood sugar rise in just a few minutes or -- if it's complex carbohydrates mixed with proteins and fats, the rise will be more gradual and over a long period of time, as you mention.
You can increase your walking to one hour. Also walk like you mean it, do not stroll. Most important is to control and manage your diabetes. Then limit your carbohydrate food intake for weight loss. Use Google to search and understand the difference between 'simple carbs and complex carbs'. Go to the Atkins web site for low carb information and recipes. Click on programs to get started. http://atkins.com/Homepage.
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