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More specifically excess glucose yes, which are usually ingested through high carb foods such as pasta, rice, bread, sugar and sweets, corn and wheat based prod
by rendeyc 7y ago
More specifically excess glucose yes, which are usually ingested through high carb foods such as pasta, rice, bread, sugar and sweets, corn and wheat based products.
In contrast rather go for good fat foods such as bacon, avocado, eggs, mineral rich meats such as pasture raised beef/chicken or fish. Half your plate should be leafy greens/veg. These provide good minerals, and molecularly different fuel called ketones instead of glucose, these are closer to stored fats aswell so the body is used to running on the same fuel. So when you're not eating and the body has consumed the energy in the food you ate, it can easily switch to using body fat reserves.
The transition from glucose to ketone in the body causes molecular rearrangement in a process called keto-flu, which can last up to 3 days. You can think of it like going cold-turkey from sugar and returning to the real normal.
It is important to only eat when hungry. And try to extend the periods between eating, even if it starts at 16, then 20 hours, some do periodic fastings of 48 or 72 hours. This kickstarts body self repair and optimization of your entire structure. It seems to even reverse cancer. Research this.. it is amazing.
See this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMZfyEy_jpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMZfyEy_jpI
- sideshowb 7y agoWhat's the deal with milk? I've recently noticed most milk contains 5 percent sugar. Is that ok for some reason?
- gpderetta 7y agoLactose is a sugar and, as the name implies, it is naturally present in milk.
- BubRoss 7y agoWhen people talk about sugar being harmful, they mean fructose. Sugar is used as a shortcut, but then some people mix it up or play semantic games by talking about other sugars.
- sideshowb 7y agoDoes the research on harms of sugar really only apply to fructose?
- BubRoss 7y agoBasically yes. Other sugars don't have nearly the same effect. It might be a blend of pragmatic reasons in combination with biology (not as sweet, more filling, etc) but the result is still that the focus is fructose.
- sideshowb 7y agoI happened to speak to a friend this evening who is a biochemist She reckoned refined glucose was the real bad guy, as it's what your muscles actually burn, while other sugars need converting first. Therefore its distribution within the body is unregulated - you eat it, it gets burned, no question. Contrasting the others, for which the conversion process serves as some form of regulation and is likely to run slower when you don't actually need it. She also acknowledged fructose as a problem, primarily when its in corn syrup (or vast quantities of fruit juice) as you don't have to digest cell walls etc to get it. Whereas in fruit the absorption is slower (though for something juicy like an orange I can't imagine that much slower) I'm sure this is an oversimplification and any errors are mine!
- BubRoss 7y agoI'm not an expert but I'll say a few things. First glucose is a molecule, so I don't think there can be a 'refined' version. Also if glucose was immediately burned it wouldn't have a chance to be turned into fat, though I don't know if that is actually true. If you watch 'sugar the bitter truth' you can see a lot of scientific studies condensed into a good presentation.