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Controlling YourThoroughbredSugar • San Antonio Neuropathy Center San Antonio Neuropathy Center 13150 NW Military Highway, San Antonio, TX 78231 (210) 492-0111 Toggle navigation San Antonio Neuropathy Center HomeWell-nighus Why we Specialize in PN Doctor Information Contact Conditions Treated Sciatica Nerve Pain Back Pain Nerve Info MythsWell-nighPeripheral Neuropathy Causes of Peripheral Neuropathy Types Of Neuropathy Treatments Conventional Treatments Why We Are Different Laser Treatment Oxygen Therapy PNS REBOOT Nuphoria Self-Help Literature Exercise Nutrition Inflammation &SuppliesControlling YourThoroughbredSugar Glycemic Index (GI) Recipes Blog Neuropathy News Causes Of Peripheral Neuropathy Neuropathy Treatment Back Injuries Shop Controlling YourThoroughbredSugar TheStupefyofThoroughbredSugar on Your Neuropathy Our long-standing war on diabetes in the United States is turning into increasingly of a massacre. One in four Americans has either pre-diabetes or full squandered diabetes. If you have diabetes, pre-diabetes or insulin resistance, you know how difficult it can be to tenancy thoroughbred sugar (glucose) levels. Understanding how the foods you eat influence your thoroughbred sugar level is key in helping you make the right choices. Maintaining a normal range of glucose (70-99 fasting) is the most important thing you can do (now and in the future) to prevent long-term forfeiture to your peripheral nerves. Through the process of digestion, supplies gets wrenched lanugo into small molecules that can be undivided in your bloodstream and utilized by your cells for energy. Foods containing carbohydrates are converted into sugars during the digestive process and rationalization your glucose levels to increase, shortly without your meal. Starchy foods are one of the main sources of carbohydrates in our diet, withal with fruits and sweets. Let’s take a squint at some carbohydrates and their stupefy on thoroughbred sugar: Grains Any supplies made from wheat, corn, oats, barley, spelt, millet, buckwheat or rice (to name a few) is a grain product. For example, all breads, tortillas, cereals, pasta, oatmeal, and crackers are grain based foods. Grains are naturally upper in starches and, as a result, will hoist glucose levels without eating them. It’s important to know that some grains moreover contain widow sugar. According to the USDA, one slice of whole wheat bread, once digested will release tropical to 4 tsp. of sugar into the thoroughbred stream, while a large bagel contains the equivalent of over 17 tsp. of sugar. Starchy Vegetables There are two main types of vegetables – starchy and non-starchy. Starchy vegetables, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, untried peas, pumpkin, acorn squash and butternut squash can raise your thoroughbred sugar levels. The starches found in starchy vegetables are quickly digested and converted into sugars by the enzymes found in your gastrointestinal tract. The sugars obtained from the digestion of starches can quickly enter your bloodstream and hoist your thoroughbred sugar levels. For example, 1 cup of mashed potatoes or a large baked potato has well-nigh 35g of carbohydrates, which corresponds to the equivalent of tropical to 9 tsp. of sugar. Fruits When you eat fruits, the carbohydrates they contain can quickly be converted into sugars in your body. Even if fruits contain natural sugars, they can significantly influence your thoroughbred sugar levels. Fresh fruits, canned fruits, frozen fruits, zestless fruits and fruit juices all contribute to raising your thoroughbred sugar levels. A medium world has the equivalent of 4 tsp. of sugar, while a 16-oz. glass of unsweetened orange juice has over 13 tsp. of natural sugar provided by the oranges. Sugars and Sweeteners The sugar found in foods and beverages are hands converted into the smaller molecules of sugar that can be undivided into your thoroughbred very rapidly, creating a large spike in thoroughbred sugar levels. The increasingly sugar you eat, the increasingly your thoroughbred sugar levels will raise. Jams, syrups, table sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and brown sugar are all converted to simple sugar in your body. Even natural sweeteners, such as raw honey, maple syrup and agave nectar will spike glucose levels. Spikes in your thoroughbred sugar levels (glucose) are the biggest culprit leading to chronic inflammation, which, over time, may forfeiture your peripheral nerves and thoroughbred vessels. These habitual spikes in thoroughbred glucose will sooner lead to insulin resistance, which ultimately will develop into a full squandered specimen of diabetes—it’s not a matter of if you develop diabetes …it’s when you will develop diabetes. With regard to neuropathies, chronically elevated glucose levels can forfeiture thoroughbred vessels that siphon oxygen and nutrients to the nerves. This can lead to anoxia—a lack of oxygen to the nerve cells and thoroughbred vessels—which can result in poor diffusion and nerve damage. This is a large part of the reason that most severe neuropathy sufferers have pain and unwont skin changes on the legs. These changes can include purple discolorations, extremely dry, flaky skin, and extremely taut skin. All of these things are signs that the skin has lost proper diffusion and thus oxygenation and nutrients; it moreover signifies that the skin is whence to die. For this reason, when making good supplies choices, it is important to segregate foods that do not rationalization rapid spikes in thoroughbred glucose levels. In order to learn increasingly well-nigh making largest supplies selections….refer to our page titled: Glycemic Index GI (in this Self-Help section).   © 2014 NerveDoctor. 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