A long one this time
Everything that you eat gets converted by the digestive system into blood glucose so that it can be used by the body as energy. Proteins and fats take longer to convert and raise the blood glucose levels at a slower rate. Carbohydrates are converted much more rapidly causing spikes in blood sugar levels.
Insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas that lowers our blood’s glucose levels is released into the blood as soon as the body detects that blood sugar levels have risen above its optimal level.
Insulin is a very efficient hormone that runs the body’s fuel storage systems. If there is excess sugar or fat in the blood insulin will signal the body to store it in the body’s fat cells. Insulin also tells these cells not to release their stored fat, making that fat unavailable for use by the body as energy.
Since this stored fat cannot be released for use as energy, insulin very effectively prevents weight loss. The higher the body’s insulin levels, the more effectively it prevents fat cells from releasing their stores, and the harder it becomes to lose weight. According to many authorities, over the long term, high insulin levels can lead to insulin resistance and cause serious health problems like the ones listed below:
1. Raised insulin levels and insulin resistance
2. Lower metabolism leading to weight gain
3. An increase in fatty tissue and reduction in muscle tissue
4. Accelerated aging
5. Increased food allergies and intolerances
6. Overworked immune system
7. Increased risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes and cancer
Carbohydrates, especially simple carbs like sugar and starch, are quickly turned into sucrose by the body entering the blood stream quicker thereby causing the release of large amounts of insulin. Other forms of carbohydrates such as vegetables and most fruits raise blood sugar levels more slowly.
For your blog response consider the above and answer the following questions;
What does your basic diet consist of? Do you have times throughout the day especially after eating where you feel like you could fall asleep? How will regulating your hormone levels improve your performance in this class?
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Normally I wake up and eat whole wheat toast with peanut butter with a glass of milk then for lunch I have a ham and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread with chips and water, after school I have a bagel with butter and honey and then whatever is for dinner usually high in protein and medium in carbs. I usually feel tired after lunch which I feel is my least healthy meal of the day. Increasing consumption of protein and carbs which allows energy to be released slowly over an extended period of time would be beneficial to weightlifting since we have to stay active for the entire time.
On school weeks i wake up to waffles and nutri- grain bars, for lunch a sandwich, apple, mostly healthy stuff, dinner usualy a meat, vegitable and some other item (usualy potato). But on weekends i wake up at 12 have 4 pounds of pizza and go te El Mexicano for dinner were i have like a fajita, two tacos, a nacho platter (shared), a tamale, and lots of beens and rice. Generally on weekends i eat way more food than needed, and its worth it.
-Samuel Reinhold
My diet is made up of: rice, some vegetables, beef, chicken, eggs, and some other foods. I sometimes feel like i could fall asleep after eating. By regulating hormone levels of insulin to a lower amount, you would have more energy from fat, you would weigh less (probably helps), and be healthier most likely.
-Robert Chen
My basic diet depends on my daily workout, which consist of meat, rice/noodle, and vegetable in most of time. I do not have the feeling of fall asleep after eating. In class, I am able to put more effort into workout by regulating my hormone level correctly.
my basic diet consists of a breakfast lunch snack when i get back from school, and dinner. at times i do feel like i can fall asleep after eating, but that is only after a very big meal. most of the time if im hungry and a little tired, adn i eat a ittle snack, then it will give me a little energy and wake me up. regulating my hormone levels will help me improve my performance in this class by giving me more energy, making me more alert, adn making it so that my body can use the cells that insulin makes unusable, usable. this would cause me to be able to lift higher weights for a longer time, or more reps.
-kevin davis
My diet consists of chicken, bread, turkey, meat, vegetables, and fruit. I also eat a good amount of fast food such as McDonald's, Burger King, and Chipotle. I always feel tired after dinner but maybe it's just because I eat dinner at night. By regulating hormone levels I will probably have more energy during class which will make my production that much better.
-Jeff Porter
I have a good eating habbit, pop tarts in the mornig with some docter pepper. Lunch is abael and capri sun. and dinner is a homecooked meal. i dont feel tired after i eat because i am energetic and im already tired from school. i could eat lots of protein and steriods to increase my lifting and maybe i could carry around a salmon steak and almonds for my overload of prtien.
Lucas vajda
I wake up have yogurt or some bread. I don't eat anything until my 4 th period lunch which consists of the lunch at school. When I come home I eat either some fruit or some candy, until my mom makes dinner. I usually only feel tired when I over eat.
Lucas Clocker
I have realitively good eating habbits. I wake up and eat oatmeal or cereal with milk or juice. then i have a midday snack. at lunch i eat a deli sandwich along with other things. Then i eat a protien bar after school and some more snacks. and a home cooked dinner with some meat. All of this is benifitial to my energy levels and i never feel tired after eating.
-josh meltzer
My normal diet is raisin bran when i wake up, then two peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches, and an apple or banana at lunch, after workouts i take whey protein and an apple or banana, and for dinner i have a protein, a starch, and a vegetable, then after dinner i may have another fruit if i get hungry. I usually feel tired after dinner. Regulating hormone levels could improve my performance in class by allowing the food i eat to be used gradually as energy, rather than being stored as fat.
Brett Barkley
my diet consists of rice, some kind of meat, vegetables, eggs, and juice.
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Regulate hormones by eating right foods, exercises
My diet consists of mostly organic and healthy foods. I eat lean meats, vegetables, and a starch for most of my meals and snack on things like fruit and yogurt. I will occassionally go to chipotle or some other fast food restaurant. By regulating my hormone levels I will probably be more productive in class. - Max Ambrosino
My basic diet depends on my daily workout, which consist of meat, rice/noodle, and vegetable in most of time. I do not have the feeling of fall asleep after eating. In class, I am able to put more effort into workout by regulating my hormone level correctly.
-Jin Jung-
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