Health Tips

Now, here’s a piece of breaking news! Eating a slice of bread without butter or with a little jam is more fattening than a slice of bread with a dollop of butter or a cup of ice cream. SURPRISED?
The sugar from a slice of bread is very easily released and the pancreas releases a corresponding amount of insulin to remove it from the blood stream, either to be taken to the organs for immediate use or to be stored for future use. Invariably, it is taken to the store, as the organs are not able to utilise such a large quantity of sugar when it is released too quickly. The sugar level dips in the blood stream, creating a further craving, which is again usually fixed by a refined snack, and the vicious cycle is set off.
Though a simple logical calculation might suggest that a slice of bread has fewer calories and hence that it is less fattening, pondering on this suggests otherwise. If you observe your craving and eating pattern for the next 5–7 hours, after the ingestion of a refined (fibre-free) carbohydrate you will be surprised to find that you load yourself will an extra 500 kcal than you would, after eating a fibre-rich complex carbohydrate, protein or a fatty food. Hence what appeared to be a low-calorie ingestion is actually FATTENING! On the other hand, sugar stoppers help your body optimise the use of sugar, by slowing down the process of sugar release. FAT, PROTEIN, FIBRE, all of these are SUGAR STOPPERS. They delay the release of sugar.

It would be no exaggeration if it is said that fibers are Super Sugar Stoppers!
They are very useful in controlling and utilising your blood sugar better, which is very essential to keep your weight under check and also manage your diabetes.