Hello! Juliet and I'm addicted to carbs!
Part of the energy we get with food is used for cellular repair, cell reproduction and maintenance of the bodily functions of the different systems. The other part of the energy is deposited as fat in adipose tissue for future use.
Normally, these two systems work in harmony. When we eat carbohydrates, they are metabolized and produce lift sugar (glucose) levels. The hormone insulin is released into the bloodstream to bring glucose into cells to produce energy or store unused energy in adipose tissue (fat).
Once the cycle, blood insulin levels "fall" and a second hormone called glucagon into action to "spend" the energy deposited as fat in the body's needs. These two systems must work in balance.
The problem is that these two hormones do not always act in balance and excess insulin may limit the output of glucagon. When insulin levels remain elevated in the blood, organs and muscles will defend themselves by creating a condition called "insulin resistance, glucose is not properly reach the organs and muscle and excess blood sugar will be converted into fat (the person will gain weight.) This is the vicious cycle of carbohydrate addiction is impossible to break without an understanding of the disease. Research
doctors Richard and Rachel Heller (The Carbohydrates Addict's Lifespan Program)
indicate that approximately 75% of people who are overweight and 40% of normal weight people are addicted to carbohydrates . One thing is common: thousands of people are addicted to carbohydrates and their problem is "not recognized diagnosed or treated.
The patient with carbohydrate addiction, feeling hungry soon after eating, because the sugar levels are "swept" from the blood by excess insulin. It can result in "hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), which induce a person to eat again and continue the cycle. Patients with this condition have a hard time "stop" eating carbohydrates, once they start. They eat the whole box of cookies or the complete package of chips, without control, until their bodies feel "satisfied." Heller
Doctors note that these people have no "fault" what happens to them,
excess insulin produced by the high glycemic index of carbohydrates they consume, not because of "lack of control" of the individual, is simply a physiological response. These people report that they often eat foods that do not necessarily like, but get the feeling of "relief" after consuming them.
The glycemic index of food is a measure based on the immediate response in the levels of blood sugar (glucose). There are various institutions that have devoted years of study for the assessment of the glycemic response of different food products and the modern diet.
Carbohydrates that are digested quickly have the highest glycemic index (the blood sugar levels rise rapidly). Carbohydrates that are digested more slowly, releasing glucose gradually into the bloodstream and have lower glycemic index (less energy is deposited as fat.)
What are the suitable carbohydrates in our diet, if you want to lose weight?
If the diet consists of carbohydrates with low glycemic index, the circle can be broken and metabolism of the person can return to normal.