Insulin and blood sugar increase and decrease upon eating certain foods, are very important aspects for weight issue and of crucial importance for diabetics.
Insulin secretion is regulated physiologically ( under normal condition of the body ) by the food elements,hormones,herbs and drugs circulating in the blood.
Glucose, Mannose, B-keto acids, Amino acids( Leucine, Arginine and others)are the food components that increase insulin secretion Glucose is the most important stimulatory agent of insulin secretion, as it is always present in the blood, its concentration is kept within a narrow range and its amounts consumed by humans are the largest ones amongst all nutrients.
Thus sugars and starchy foods that release glucose like Potatoes, Rice, Pasta, Bread...etc, all lead to rapid rise in blood glucose concentration having a high Glycemic Index ( GI) which is an index of the speed of appearance of high glucose concentration in the blood after ingesting food.
Insulin secretion increase is not a good favor for the normal person. For example, if a normal healthy person ingested food that increases insulin secretion sharply, the secreted insulin will cause glucose vanishes quickly from the blood and this person will feel hungry, consequently he will take foods that block this feeling ,i.e. foods with high Glycemic Index and this effect will create spikes in blood glucose level. This may lead to overweight of normal person ( having other predisposing factors), as well as it is a predisposing factor to insulin resistance.
Insulin secretion increase on eating high Glycemic Index foods is not the case of a diabetic subject, as his debilitated pancreas may not secrete the sufficient amounts of insulin to meet the requirements needed to meet the sudden glucose load, leading to hyperglycemia.
Pregnancy hormonal levels can increase the blood sugar of a pregnant woman to the point that some people with normal glucose metabolism become diabetic during pregnancy, and although 95% of them recover after delivery yet, consuming much of the high Glycemic foods can exacerbate this case.
Some foods like Garlic and Onions can decrease blood sugar by competing with Insulin for Insulin inactivating sites in the liver, and this results in increase in free Insulin in the blood and this Insulin decreases blood sugar.
Ginseng herb has been shown to increase the release of insulin from the pancreas and to increase the of Insulin receptors, i.e.it enhances the effect of Insulin in decreasing blood sugar.
Friday, August 8, 2008
10 Easy Spelling Rules to improve your spelling by 100's of
Are you a good speller? It is hard to help your child with spelling if you have a hard time with spelling yourself. At the same time, if you are a great speller, it can be difficult to understand why your child is not a great speller.
What you’ll find in this section is a listing of some spelling rules you and your child can learn, some links to free spelling sheets on the web and more.
1. Do you change the words you use when you write because, you might not spell the word correctly?
2. Would you be mortified if you sent correspondence out without spell checking it?
3. Could you live without a spellchecker?
If you answered YES to the first two questions, or NO to the last question, you your spelling has much room for improvement!
If you learn these 10 basic spelling rules, you can spell literally thousands of words!
1. E Ending Rule:
When a base word ends with an E and you add an ending that begins with a vowel, drop the E. Go to the Free Spelling Worksheet that teaches this spelling rule.
2. The CVC Rule:
When a word that is 4 letters or less ends CVC, and the next ending begins with a V, you must double the final vowel. CVC + V = CVCCV
3. The Vowel Changers:
When the letter Y or the letter W is at the end of a word, it acts like a vowel letter.
4. The Flighty Y Rule:
When a word ends Consonant and a Y (C+Y) and you ad an ending there must be an I in the word. Either the Y changes to I (C+Y+___ = C+I+___) or the ending has an I and it becomes (C+Y+I = C+Y+I).
5. Plural Rules:
To make a regular word plural, add a "S" If the word ends in the letter S, Z, X, SH, or CH, or a "C+Y" add an "ES"
6. The Disappearing E Rule:
When a word ends with a W, and you ad the ending EN, drop the E.
7. The Appearing AL Rule:
When a word ends with "IC" and you at the ending "LY" it must become "ICALLY"
8. Double the Fun Rule:
When the ending of a word is a short base CVC rule, follow the CVC doubling rule.
9. The ION Rule:
When a word ends in ION, another form of the word may end in OR.
10. The Exception Rule:
Every rule has an exception, so, don’t be surprised if you find a word that doesn’t follow these rules. . . but most of them do!
What you’ll find in this section is a listing of some spelling rules you and your child can learn, some links to free spelling sheets on the web and more.
1. Do you change the words you use when you write because, you might not spell the word correctly?
2. Would you be mortified if you sent correspondence out without spell checking it?
3. Could you live without a spellchecker?
If you answered YES to the first two questions, or NO to the last question, you your spelling has much room for improvement!
If you learn these 10 basic spelling rules, you can spell literally thousands of words!
1. E Ending Rule:
When a base word ends with an E and you add an ending that begins with a vowel, drop the E. Go to the Free Spelling Worksheet that teaches this spelling rule.
2. The CVC Rule:
When a word that is 4 letters or less ends CVC, and the next ending begins with a V, you must double the final vowel. CVC + V = CVCCV
3. The Vowel Changers:
When the letter Y or the letter W is at the end of a word, it acts like a vowel letter.
4. The Flighty Y Rule:
When a word ends Consonant and a Y (C+Y) and you ad an ending there must be an I in the word. Either the Y changes to I (C+Y+___ = C+I+___) or the ending has an I and it becomes (C+Y+I = C+Y+I).
5. Plural Rules:
To make a regular word plural, add a "S" If the word ends in the letter S, Z, X, SH, or CH, or a "C+Y" add an "ES"
6. The Disappearing E Rule:
When a word ends with a W, and you ad the ending EN, drop the E.
7. The Appearing AL Rule:
When a word ends with "IC" and you at the ending "LY" it must become "ICALLY"
8. Double the Fun Rule:
When the ending of a word is a short base CVC rule, follow the CVC doubling rule.
9. The ION Rule:
When a word ends in ION, another form of the word may end in OR.
10. The Exception Rule:
Every rule has an exception, so, don’t be surprised if you find a word that doesn’t follow these rules. . . but most of them do!
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