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Sugar
& Weight Loss
Researchers have long known that
eating refined sugar can provoke short-lived spikes in the body's
insulin levels. But in the past two decades, they have learned
that certain complex carbohydrates--starchy roots like potatoes
and carrots and highly refined foods like white bread, white
rice and white pasta--are broken down into simple sugars so rapidly
by the body that they can trigger a strong insulin response;
these foods have a high glycemic index.
Generally speaking, high levels
of insulin inhibit the breakdown of fatty deposits in the body.
So, it doesn't take much of a leap to suggest that eating too
many of the wrong kinds of carbohydrates leads to too much insulin,
which in turn promotes the accumulation of fat, thereby setting
up the body for continuous defeat in the battle of the bulge.
In addition, the sugar feeds
the over population of yeast inhabiting the overweight and obese,
creating additional cravings for sugar; it's a vicious, downward
spiral. |