Carbohydrates and Diabetes

Hello and welcome to my book on: Carbohydrates and Preventing and Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Naturally. I hope you enjoy and find this book useful.

Carbs, aka “carbohydrates,” are a form of macronutrient found in certain foods and drinks. Sugars, starches, and fibre are carbohydrates. There are carbohydrates in high quality whole foods as well as highly processed “junk food.” What is important is what has been removed from the whole foods to get to the processed versions.

Other macronutrients include fat and protein. Your body requires a balanced intake of all three from quality whole foods to maintain optimal health.

As one of your body’s fuel sources, carbohydrates give you the energy you need to function and are important to health and cognitive ability.

Here’s how the Carbohydrate Metabolism works—from the 30,000-view point.

• When you eat carbohydrates, your digestive system breaks them down, starting in the mouth with the act of chewing and saliva.
• Your bloodstream absorbs the nutrients—now known as glucose or blood sugar.
• To move glucose into your cells, the body releases insulin. Insulin directs the glucose to the cells where it is used as energy.
• If you have excess glucose, your body stores it in your muscles or liver. Once these storage sites are full, the body converts the remaining glucose into body fat.