Re: Not chewing food thoroughly as a way to control blood glucose
- From: "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:06:12 GMT
patrickmyu@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I was thinking of control idea that would allow diabetics
to eat more
> than the usual minuscule food portions yet not elevate
blood glucose
> levels. However, I'm not sure if it would work or not.
Miniscule portions? If you are eat very little then you
don't know all you should about what causes bg's to rise in
a diabetic.
> The way is to not chew your food thoroughly. My reasoning
is this: --
> chewing basically grinds up the food you eat in order to
mix it up
> well with digestive juices and allows it to be spread
thinly against
> the walls of the small intestine in order to facilitate
absorption.
> If you don't chew your food that well, there will be large
blocks of
> it which will not be ground into a paste and thus will not
be
> chemically broken down by digestive juices and thus will
not be
> absorbed into the blood stream.
Don't underestimate the ability of the digestive system.
.
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