Knowing what glycemic load is makes it a lot easier to plan and prepare diabetic meals. A diabetic can generally eat food that does not raise blood sugar levels too high too quickly. Most diabetics start by monitoring carbohydrate intake and blood sugar levels. Different foods have different levels of carbohydrates and affect your blood […]
What is Glycemic Index?
What is Glycemic Index? Glycemic index (or GI) is about food (especially carbs) and blood sugar. To be specific, glycemic index determines the extent to which any food raises blood sugar (glucose) levels after eating. Scientists, nutritionists, food producers etc. measure and express Glycemic index on a scale of 1 to 100. Standard and accepted […]
Can a diabetic eat Sugar?
Can a diabetic eat Sugar? Experts say a diabetic can eat a nutritious balanced meal that has limited sugar, salt and saturated fat. A diabetic need not cut sugar completely from diet. This means a diabetic can eat moderate amounts of sugar. Thus, a diabetic can still eat some desserts, sweets, chocolates etc. as long […]
What is Protein? Can a diabetic eat Protein?
Can a diabetic eat Protein? Yes, a diabetic can eat protein daily. Diabetics and non-diabetics need to include protein in their meals daily. Humans of all ages need to eat protein daily as every cell in the body needs and contains protein. Protein helps repair body cells in general. Children, teens and pregnant women depend […]
What is Glucose?
What is Glucose? Glucose is the primary source of energy. You might have heard that sugar exists in your blood. That is true. Your body can derive glucose from the food you eat or generate glucose to some extent from within your body. Your blood stream carries glucose to all body cells. Excess glucose is […]
What are Carbohydrates?
What are Carbohydrates? Carbohydrates or carbs are organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. These organic compounds called carbohydrates make up one of the three major food classes or macronutrients, fat and protein being the other two. Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for humans. Your body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose […]
What are Calories?
What are Calories? What is calorie in food? Calories measure energy. To be specific, a calorie is the amount of heat energy that can raise the temperature of a quantity of water by 1 degree. In practice there are two calorie definitions in use. One is small calorie, usually denoted by ‘c’ or ‘cal’ and […]