Will I get Diabetes if I eat sugar?

Now this has been debatable question for many decades. All I can say is, it may or may not trigger diabetes.

Sugar is nothing but refined carbohydrate which does not provide nutritionally any nutrients other than energy. Just by the intake of sugar one cannot get diabetic. It involves a lot of factors such as genes, lack of physical activity, high intake of refined foods, use of steroids etc to get diabetic.

But high intake of sugar is not recommended as this results in the increase in caloric intake and leads to weight gain. Obesity too can trigger impaired glucose tolerance and result in Diabetes. An overall lifestyle modification is necesary to prevent Diabetes. resource

Work On My Fitness – Staying Focused

Today I worked out and it seriously seemed like it’s been a while since the last time I did. Work has been overly busy (and still is), and I don’t know how I’ve been surviving, but I think the fact that exercising really does make me feel good after sitting all day trying to get things together for meetings and doing what is needed at work.

As far as eating, I’ve been portioning and making my own food for the most part, and the week before last I did a test of showing you all what I’ve eaten, I’ve gotten a couple comments here and there criticizing what I’ve eaten, which made me hesitant to continue doing this. It was just an experiment and I’m still deciding if I still want to do it. Read on …

Cholesterol Readings – pt 2

Cholesterol is used by your body to make steroid hormones and bile salts and to maintain the structure of cell membranes. However, raised blood cholesterol levels are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). This is because cholesterol can be deposited in arteries, making them narrower. This leads to a condition known as atherosclerosis.

Dangers of Eating Fast Foods

One of the major things that is missing from fast food are herbs and spices. Almost every fast food place I’ve ever visited has relied almost exclusively on salt, sugar and sauces to flavor their food (which consequently is why most of their food is actually devoid of flavor). But there are also dangers in fast foods.

Cholesterol Readings – pt 1

Everything I read says that salmon, tuna and other oily fish are good foods for lowering cholesterol. But on Nutrition Data, you note the high cholesterol content of these foods as “the bad.” Is everyone else misguided?