📅 3. 9. 2024
Carbohydrates provide the body with quickly usable energy (1 gram of carbohydrates contains 17.63 kJ = approx. 4 kcal). Depending on their composition, the speed at which energy is released from them in the body varies (fastest from so-called sugars)....
📅 3. 9. 2024
The foods we eat have, among other things, the ability to trigger what is known as the glycemic response in the body. This means that after food consumption, the pancreas reacts by producing a certain amount of the hormone insulin,...
📅 3. 9. 2024
One of the primary causes of overweight or type 2 diabetes is considered to be the high consumption of simple sugars or carbohydrates with a high glycemic index and load. In practical terms, most people interested in rational eating face...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Metabolic syndrome is a term that is being discussed more and more frequently. The reason is not only that it affects an increasing portion of the population, but also because it is a syndrome. That is, not one specific health...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Metabolic Flexibility Anyone who embarks on changing their dietary system and wishes the organism's behavior to move in the desired direction while maintaining good health must respect one absolutely essential characteristic of human metabolism – metabolic flexibility. Even though this...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Humans, as omnivores, differ from other animals in terms of diet with one undeniable advantage: Their metabolism shows considerable flexibility in utilizing energy sources, which allows them to adapt to great extremes. This feature, called “metabolic flexibility” nowadays, is increasingly...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is a chronic disease that manifests as a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism. Several types of diabetes are known, most commonly classified as: Type I Diabetes (insulin-dependent). It most frequently develops in youth. The causes are varied: -...
📅 3. 9. 2024
The liver is a key organ in the body where a vast amount of chemical reactions occur. Like other organs in the body, the liver is subject to various diseases, and in relation to lifestyle, the most common is non-alcoholic...
📅 17. 2. 2023
Carbohydrates in the diet primarily serve as a source of energy. The body metabolizes them relatively quickly, but this speed varies depending on their structure - sources of complex carbohydrates are processed more slowly by the body, which results in...
📅 23. 3. 2022
In efforts to rationally adjust the dietary system, the focus is often placed on the ability of food to enhance the feeling of satiety. This makes sense, as it is shown that from a health perspective, in many situations it...