Sunday, June 6, 2010

Why The Blood Sugar Can Affect The Body

By Tommie Howard

When you think about diabetes you automatically connect it to the pancreas and the amount of blood sugar you have. Although it is important to watch what you eat to ensure you keep the levels healthy you should also realise that doing so whether you are diabetic or not can give you many health benefits that you may not have thought of.

What is healthy for each person will depend on whether or not you have eaten before testing the level. This is the reason why many hospitals or doctors that are testing you for diabetes will ask you not to eat for hours before the test is undertaken.

On an empty stomach the levels of a healthy person should be higher than 80 but lower than 120. After you have eaten your level should then be less than 160. The reason why the maximum level changes is because once you have eaten you will have more sugars in your blood even if you feel the foods you have eaten were savoury, this is because most foods contain some kind of natural sugar.

Nowadays food producers are becoming more aware of how important it is to make it clear as to what is contained in the food, such as the amount of fat. Although this is important people now more than ever are putting the GI on there too. This is a simple way of gauging whether you are taking in more sugar than you need.

Anything that contains carbohydrates and or sugar is what we need to provide us with the energy we need to sustain us until our next meal. Eating more of these energy foods than are needed will mean that what is left has to be stored somewhere.

The excess sugars that the body turns the energy food into is then saved as many years ago when food was not as readily available turning it into fat was a way to store it while there was not as much food about. Although times have changed the bodys survival method has not.

Some sugars will take longer than others will to get into your blood which means the energy is being released slowly. Other kinds will give you a quick burst of energy that you may need before a race or similar but not last long enough to see you till your next meal.

Anything that is over 56 is classed as high when you look at foods and if it is below 55 then it is classed as low. It will depend on what you are going to do during the day as to which would be best for you, but as a general rule if you want to stay on an even keel and are doing nothing strenuous then you want to eat foods that are lower rather than high.

Every person will differ as to the intake of sugar that is right for them and the level of the sugars in their blood at any set time. Obviously those who are to take part in or have just completed a race will need to have more than those who are watching television or will not be exerting themselves much. Eating sensibly will help your body to become healthy both outside and definitely inside to give you an all round better state of body and mind. In addition to this eating only what the body needs will give you a trimmer stomach.

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