Low GI, don't fatify...

Are you sure you know what makes you store fat?!

Did you know, that if you eat high GI carbohydrates a lot of the time, a couple of very interesting things, your not going to find so nice, happen in your body?

Imagine the way fairy floss miraculously dissolves in your mouth within seconds of touching your tongue.


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That is exactly what high GI, fast sugar carbohydrates do when they hit your bloodstream.

BAM - the sugars are straight into your system in one big dump.

Problem with that?

 

• Your blood sugar hits the roof and you're pretty happy right now!
• You get a great dump of Insulin to try and bring the sugar level down to some sort of manageable level.

 

In an attempt to do this, Insulin uses both good and not so good, diversionary tactics.

 

1. It is acting as the key master to your muscle and brain cell doors, opening them up to let sugar in, so they can do their jobs.
2. While the Insulin is doing that, it's also doing something, I think your going to want to know more about.

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The Insulin is also acting as the gatekeeper to your fat cells. It opens the fat cell doors, letting the extra sugar, that isn't being used by your muscles, brain and liver, in to be converted into, you guessed it, MORE FAT.

 

But wait, there' s more.
 

At the same time, it is acting as a BARRIER, stopping any fat in fat cells getting out.
They just get bigger and bigger.
 

So, not only do you crash because of the dump of insulin and the resultant low blood sugar, but you just stocked up the fat supplies too.
Ok if you're starving.  I'm guessing that's not the case.

Me - scary isn't it! So is this scenario!

 

Medium to Low GI eating -  
= slow release of sugars in the carbohydrates
= slower release of insulin
= more sustained blood sugars over a longer period of time
= no trying to pack the sugars away as fat for later
= YOU FEEL GOOD
 

Like I say.

What brought me to low GI-ing?

 IT MAKES SENSE

 SCIENTIFIC SENSE

 

                                                             Low GI-ing, not fatifying...