Risk of Combining Coffee and Carbohydrates
Surely you've heard before that it is best to try getting the majority of your daily carbohydrates early.
Many of us have a hardy, carb-heavy meal at breakfast.
With this let me make one point...
avoid that morning cup of coffee! Unless of course it is De-Caf! Now if you are anything like me you are asking...
why?...
why? How can I go without my morning wake up, right? Ok, it has been recommended that eating your greatest amount of carbs at breakfast is because glucose tolerance and blood insulin sensitivity are greater in the early hours of the day.
Mornings are the time of day the body is better equipped to handle carbohydrates and as the day goes on this ability diminishes.
Coffee (caffeinated) seems to have an acute negative effect on the body's glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity processing of carbs in the morning and logically weakens later in the day.
There have been quite a few studies on this subject, here are a couple: "Caffeine & Insulin Resistance 14 Nov 2010...
Caffeine was found to reduce insulin sensitivity in response to a high-carbohydrate meal, in a 2010 "British Journal of Nutrition" study.
Participants were given 5 mg caffeine per kg body weight, along with a high-sugar cereal and three hours later an oral glucose tolerance test of 75 g glucose.
The group that had consumed caffeine showed higher blood glucose and higher insulin levels than control groups that consumed a decaffeinated beverage or water.
The researchers concluded that caffeine was helpful in managing insulin and blood glucose levels in the presence of high glycemic index foods.
Read more: http://www.
livestrong.
com/article/306817-caffeine-insulin-resistance/#ixzz1W9iNTCe8 " "Caffeine Insulin Resistance Affect? Journal of Caffeine Research March 2011...
"Caffeine and Coffee Can Impair Glucose Regulation...
New research shows coffee & caffeine drinks can double blood glucose levels & increase risk of Type II Diabetes...
A brand new study, published in the Journal of Caffeine Research shows the health dangers of drinking coffee and caffeine.
http://www.
all-about-beating-diabetes.
com/caffeine-insulin-resistance-affect.
html " This indicates that if you are ingesting a high or even low glycemic index meal such as high sugar cereals or processed white flour products with caffeinated coffee (or energy drink) you can damage considerably your body's ability to manage blood glucose and insulin sensitivity in comparison to having a decaffeinated coffee or drink instead.
It is suggested that consuming caffeinated drinks in general is better when not consuming large or generous portions of carbohydrates.
So you can change to decaf in the mornings with your favorite breakfast.
Also, in many of the articles read it was suggested that when working out a carbohydrate beverage for recovery should not be consumed with a caffeine boost.
Cutting back on the sugars and highly processed foods is also better for you in the long run.
Adrienne Saunders ©August 2011
Many of us have a hardy, carb-heavy meal at breakfast.
With this let me make one point...
avoid that morning cup of coffee! Unless of course it is De-Caf! Now if you are anything like me you are asking...
why?...
why? How can I go without my morning wake up, right? Ok, it has been recommended that eating your greatest amount of carbs at breakfast is because glucose tolerance and blood insulin sensitivity are greater in the early hours of the day.
Mornings are the time of day the body is better equipped to handle carbohydrates and as the day goes on this ability diminishes.
Coffee (caffeinated) seems to have an acute negative effect on the body's glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity processing of carbs in the morning and logically weakens later in the day.
There have been quite a few studies on this subject, here are a couple: "Caffeine & Insulin Resistance 14 Nov 2010...
Caffeine was found to reduce insulin sensitivity in response to a high-carbohydrate meal, in a 2010 "British Journal of Nutrition" study.
Participants were given 5 mg caffeine per kg body weight, along with a high-sugar cereal and three hours later an oral glucose tolerance test of 75 g glucose.
The group that had consumed caffeine showed higher blood glucose and higher insulin levels than control groups that consumed a decaffeinated beverage or water.
The researchers concluded that caffeine was helpful in managing insulin and blood glucose levels in the presence of high glycemic index foods.
Read more: http://www.
livestrong.
com/article/306817-caffeine-insulin-resistance/#ixzz1W9iNTCe8 " "Caffeine Insulin Resistance Affect? Journal of Caffeine Research March 2011...
"Caffeine and Coffee Can Impair Glucose Regulation...
New research shows coffee & caffeine drinks can double blood glucose levels & increase risk of Type II Diabetes...
A brand new study, published in the Journal of Caffeine Research shows the health dangers of drinking coffee and caffeine.
http://www.
all-about-beating-diabetes.
com/caffeine-insulin-resistance-affect.
html " This indicates that if you are ingesting a high or even low glycemic index meal such as high sugar cereals or processed white flour products with caffeinated coffee (or energy drink) you can damage considerably your body's ability to manage blood glucose and insulin sensitivity in comparison to having a decaffeinated coffee or drink instead.
It is suggested that consuming caffeinated drinks in general is better when not consuming large or generous portions of carbohydrates.
So you can change to decaf in the mornings with your favorite breakfast.
Also, in many of the articles read it was suggested that when working out a carbohydrate beverage for recovery should not be consumed with a caffeine boost.
Cutting back on the sugars and highly processed foods is also better for you in the long run.
Adrienne Saunders ©August 2011
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