Avoid Sugars and quick digested Starches Part 5
Food or drink with lots of sugar or starches that are easily turned into blood sugar (glucose) causes your pancreas to put out too much insulin. Insulin “opens the gates” of all cells to accept glucose. This includes muscle cells, fat cells and brain cells. You get a “sugar high” as the brain makes endorphins [...]Tags: diabetes, sugar high
Avoid Many Common Salad Oils
Corn oil, cottonseed oil and most other salad oils should be used sparingly by most people and not at all by cancer survivors. These oils, containing the omega-6 fatty acid, linoleic acid, are in many other products. Some recipes even suggest using salad oil instead of butter or lard in your baking. Even though they [...]Tags: linoleic acid, omega-6 oils