Published on March 3, 2023
Eating too many processed foods can make you fat because of the amounts of sugar.
When you eat a meal containing carbs, glucose (a sugar required for energy) is extracted from the food and enters your blood stream.
Then insulin is released by the pancreas to transport and store it in the liver and muscles.
The liver releases glucose back into the blood stream when glucose levels drop too low.
The muscles (which needs glucose for energy and movement), unlike the liver, cannot release glucose back into the blood stream.
Both the liver and muscles, however, can only store a certain amount of glucose at a lime; when they are full to capacity, excess glucose in the blood stream turns to fat.
All carbs are graded from 1-100 as relates to the amount of sugar they contain; this is called the Glycemic Index. Low sugar carbs have a Glycemic value of between 1-55; high sugar carbs have a Glycemic value of between 55-100.
Natural carbs like most fruits and vegetables have low Glycemic values; processed foods have high Glycemic values.
The best way regulate a healthy glucose level is to reduce the amount of processed foods you eat and stick to healthy carbs like fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
