His removal of the plantains from his plate therefore, and replacement with the dasheen, was to attempt to curb this high blood glucose. It all made perfect sense to him...take out the sweet stuff and abracadabra, the sugar is gone!
Not quite!
Although there are minor variations in schools of thought on what the fasting blood glucose of a non-diabetic should be, the general consensus is that it should be below 110 mg/dL. Glucose is a simple sugar, a monasaccharide, which is the building block for complex carbohydrates such as starch. Glucose is important to us because we use it as our respiratory substrate, and hence is responsible for providing us with energy to carry out our daily functions.
The hormone insulin is the culprit...either an inability to produce it (Type 1 diabetes) or general resistance to it and/or reduction in its production (Type 2 diabetes). If insulin is functional and present in sufficient quantities, then it shuttles the glucose into our cells making it available for use as the respiratory substrate. Without this hormonal shuttle, the glucose remains in the blood stream, creating interesting pathological results over long periods of time such as loss of nerve function and glaucoma.
But back to the plantains! Why was the gentleman making a sad mistake? Glucose, "sugar" as we call it, doesn't only show up in sweet foods. Starchy foods are essentially just glucose waiting to be broken down by our very capable digestive enzymes. So the dasheen slices and the plantain slices...and I forgot to mention the whole heap of rice which was also in the plate, would have the same effect in further elevating his already elevated blood glucose.
So the next time you're eating, and trying to be moderate in your sugar intake...don't trust your taste buds to identify tricky old glucose. It's hidden in those carbohydrate rich foods. Don't be fooled. It doesn't have to taste sweet to raise your "sugar."
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ReplyDeleteDefinitely true. Most of the foods we eat contain sugars.
ReplyDeleteI was able to overcome senile dementia via a complete naturopathic process.
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