Carbohydrates, also known as carbohydrates, are one of the indispensable nutrients for the human body. They are closely related to health and play a physiological role in generating heat energy and reducing protein consumption. Some people think that sugar does not have any nutrition, sugar only produces heat, and think that eating sugar is not good.
Although sugar is a pure energy food, it does not have nutrients such as protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, etc., but it does not just produce heat. First of all, more than 60% of the heat energy required by the human body to maintain the normal physiological activities of the body is provided by sugar. It can be said that sugar is the main and most reasonable source of energy for the human body. If protein is used instead of sugar to provide the necessary energy for the human body, it will significantly increase the burden on the liver and kidneys. If we use fat instead of sugar, our brain power will be significantly reduced, because the brain tissue must be powered by glucose, and if you are not careful, you may suffer from cerebrovascular disease. Second, carbohydrates are an essential food source for maintaining blood sugar in the body. It can be said that no other nutrient can raise and maintain blood sugar as quickly and effectively as sugar. Third, for women, eating some sweets can also improve the symptoms of premenstrual depression.
According to the amount of sugar in the food, people divide it into three categories: high-sugar, low-sugar and sugar-free food. Foods high in sugar mainly include table sugar and various grains. Low-sugar foods mainly include vegetables, fruits and meat. Sugar-free foods mainly include various edible vegetable oils.
Many people equate sugar and diabetes, thinking that eating sweets will lead to diabetes, but there are many reasons for diabetes, among which excessive calorie intake and obesity are one of the important causes of adult diabetes. From this point of view, there is no essential difference between eating more sugar and eating more noodles, steamed bread, and rice. Because the staple food contains a lot of starch, the starch will be digested and decomposed into sugar after entering the gastrointestinal tract, and then absorbed into the blood, which forms blood sugar. Therefore, for human health, there is no essential difference between eating sugar and eating staple food. Regardless of eating more sugar or eating more staple foods, if there is not enough exercise consumption, it will lead to excess calories and then obesity, and obese people are more prone to diabetes
Therefore, in order to prevent diabetes, the key is to eat less and move more and prevent obesity. Even if you don't eat sugar, eating too many staple foods will increase your risk of diabetes; even if you eat some sugar, as long as you control the total amount of staple foods and exercise more, it will not increase your risk of diabetes. Therefore, the cause of diabetes cannot be simply attributed to eating too much sugar. It's okay for healthy people to eat some sugar occasionally, and it won't cause diabetes. After diabetes, of course, try to avoid eating sugar, avoid eating foods with high sugar content, avoid drinking sugar-sweetened beverages, and avoid eating too many staple foods, because food and beverages will raise blood sugar.
