Some facts that you should know about sugar
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Jan-30-2012
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Just like fat, sugar is also being accused pretty often for having a bad effect on the human body.
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Just like fat, sugar is also being accused pretty often for having a bad effect on the human body. Of course, some of the sayings are completely deserved while others are completely untrue. Babies get in this world having a sweet tooth. The milk of the human is pretty sweet, too, and the baby starts making the thin connection between pleasure, drinking and eating. Sugars are a form of carbohydrates and these are pretty good for your body, given that you eat the right amounts of the right kinds.
Carbohydrates actually are the main source from which your body gets its energy. Working and living at all won’t be possible without carbohydrates. In fact, your body will need quite a lot of carbohydrates in order to function properly – about 60 percent of the total calories that you get should be in such a form. However, before you stretch out for the candy bar in order to get yourself these needed carbohydrates, you should first take a bit of time to know a little more about the other carbohydrate types and about sugar. Factory-made starches and sugars that are processed too much managed to give the carbohydrates a reputation that most of us don’t know as good. However, once you are completely knowledgeable on the matter by knowing which sugars are good for your body and which carbohydrates you can eat, you will be able to enjoy your health while enjoying some sweets, too.
Top complex carbohydrates:
- chickpeas;
- nut butters;
- legumes: peas, beans, lentils and chick peas;
- oatmeal (no added sugar);
- soy;
- pasta;
- whole-grain cereals;
- whole grains: brown rice, whole wheat;
- sweet potatoes;
Carbohydrates actually appear in out meals under many different disguises as they are contained in quite a lot of food. Another factor is that there is more than just the sugar that we know as the white grains which you keep in your bowl for sugar. Actually, there are many different kinds of it. Let’s see some terms related to carbohydrates that you have to know.
- Carbohydrates are a nutrients group which contains carbon atoms to which water molecules are added (they are hydrated). In fact, carbohydrates are built of saccharides, which is the name of the sugar molecules. They are arranged in a way that resembles the beads that we put on necklaces. Carbohydrates include fiber, starches and sugars. Both starches and sugars get broken down by your body into simple glucose - sugar. The molecules of the glucose then start circulating through your bloodstream and supply the cells which need energy replenishment with their needed fuel. The glucose that is extra gets converted into glycogen, and the glycogen is stored in the liver and the muscles. In case your body has already made a supply of glycogen then all the extra that is left gets converted into fat. The preferred source of energy for your body is glycogen or glucose, but in case they are depleted it can use the reserve fuel and indeed fat.
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http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Some facts that you should know about sugar_140862.aspx
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More interesting information you will find on this site about sugar - (socker is the term in Swedish).And in addition to that i will recommend you to read more about cheesecake.
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Keywords :
sugar, sugar tips, sugar facts, facts about sugar, sugar guide,
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Food and Beverage
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Food and Beverage
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