ASPIRE CHIROPRACTIC
333 Grand Avenue Ste 102 Saint Paul, MN 55102
Keep Your Body Energized
By understanding how the foods you eat
affect how your body functions

At Aspire Chiropractic we understand that food is composed of the three basic nutrients: carbohydrate, protein, and fat. The body needs all three in moderate amounts to function properly. Dr. Brenda addresses all areas of nutrition which allows people to fully understand key nutritional concepts and vocabulary to apply to their health.

Dr. Brenda knows that carbohydrates are the body’s primary source of fuel and quick energy source. The glycemic index (GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates based on their immediate effect on glucose (blood glucose) levels. Glucose is assigned a value of 100, while other carbohydrates are ranked relative to glucose. Carbohydrates that break down rapidly have the highest GI values and those that release glucose into the blood gradually have a lower GI value. Dr. Brenda has a list of the GI values for selected foods relative to glucose available at Aspire Chiropractic.

The normal, healthy picture of the blood glucose response after eating is that the body breaks down the carbohydrate slowly, insulin is released slowly, and the liver delivers sustained energy for your daily activities. This maintains your hunger long after you have eaten.

So if you eat too much high GI carbohydrate, then the body breaks it down rapidly and floods the bloodstream with glucose. The increase in glucose triggers a rush of insulin (too much) and causes the blood sugar to drop more than it should. Therefore, hunger arrives sooner than it should and eating too much carbohydrate tells the body to store it as fat.

Glycemic load (GL) takes the GI into account but also factors in how much of that carbohydrate exists in an average serving of food. Foods with a GL above 20 are considered high, a value 11-19 is medium and 10 or less is low. Dr. Brenda has a list of the GL values for selected food available at Aspire Chiropractic.

All in all, the low GI index is considered important for a number of reasons. You stay full longer, have a smaller rise in blood sugar, help you lose weight, and improve insulin sensitivity. Dr. Brenda knows the importance of nutrition and has provide multiple health talks and workshops within the community.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Healthy eating requires consideration of much more that just high-and low-GI/GL foods-but the underlying premise is important: providing balanced, sustained nutrition that the body can utilize effectively to generate energy, build muscle, repair tissue, fight infection and perform a host of other functions. The MAIN KEY TO ALL NUTRITION is to have adequate nerve supply to the digestive organs in order to function efficiently and at maximum level. Dr. Brenda knows that no matter what nutrients you put in your body, if your body doesn’t have the right signals to know exactly what to do with each nutrient, the healthiest and most nutrient filled meal will not reap the benefits and have the effects it should. Come to Aspire Chiropractic; start or continue to get adjusted and this will ensure that your effort to eat well will not be wasted!!

ASPIRE CHIROPRACTIC
333 Grand Ave Ste 102 St Paul MN 55102
aspirechiropractic@yahoo.com (651) 294-2332

For more information on this topic or if you are looking for a Chiropractor in St. Paul feel free to contact us.

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