Most people who suffer from diabetes are very aware of how important it is to make sure they monitor the levels of both sugars and carbohydrates.
They are very conscious of making sure they check the labels on the food that they buy to make sure they know what they are buying and how it may affect their body.
Unfortunately, in today's environment, it's getting more and more difficult to know exactly what is in the food that you buy at your local store.
Many products today are using what is referred to as high fructose corn syrup to sweeten many products - sugar by another name.
To understand why this is important we need to understand a little basic body chemistry.
Glucose is a type of sugar that our body uses for energy.
Fructose is also a sugar, the type we find most commonly in fruits.
The difference between the two in your body is that fructose doesn't help to generate the insulin that your body needs.
The end result, skipping a few steps in between, is that your body no longer sends the proper signals to your brain when you are eating to let it know that you are full, so you continue to eat more than you need to, or should.
We know that eating fruits for most people is an important part of their diet but fruit is also a primary source of fructose.
It can become especially when people just drink the juice and don't eat the fruit as well because they end up ingesting high levels of fructose this way.
Bottom line, just like sugar, you need to manage the level of fructose in your diet and should be checking labels not only for sugar but for fructose as well as well as monitoring the fructose you get from fresh fruit - especially juices.
They are very conscious of making sure they check the labels on the food that they buy to make sure they know what they are buying and how it may affect their body.
Unfortunately, in today's environment, it's getting more and more difficult to know exactly what is in the food that you buy at your local store.
Many products today are using what is referred to as high fructose corn syrup to sweeten many products - sugar by another name.
To understand why this is important we need to understand a little basic body chemistry.
Glucose is a type of sugar that our body uses for energy.
Fructose is also a sugar, the type we find most commonly in fruits.
The difference between the two in your body is that fructose doesn't help to generate the insulin that your body needs.
The end result, skipping a few steps in between, is that your body no longer sends the proper signals to your brain when you are eating to let it know that you are full, so you continue to eat more than you need to, or should.
We know that eating fruits for most people is an important part of their diet but fruit is also a primary source of fructose.
It can become especially when people just drink the juice and don't eat the fruit as well because they end up ingesting high levels of fructose this way.
Bottom line, just like sugar, you need to manage the level of fructose in your diet and should be checking labels not only for sugar but for fructose as well as well as monitoring the fructose you get from fresh fruit - especially juices.