With food makers taking fat out of the equation in snacks, they’re being replaced more and more with carbohydrates.
This makes the snack even more addictive than before.
With the high presence of carbs production these days, once normal staple food like breads, rice and cereals are turning us into fat slobs.
Blame it on the high glycemic index or GI, where it is a measure of how fast certain food raises insulin and blood sugar levels.
The snacks we have these days have high GI index. High-starch carbohydrates food raised your blood glucose levels and yes people feel a burst of energy for a short period of time, before feeling sluggish and hungry again.
This is the side-effect of high GI foods. Also such food encourages the body to make and store more fat, with higher production of insulin.
With the current trend where obesity has doubled since 1978 amongst the adult, you know somewhere went wrong in our food consumption and production.
Researcher advise how we make our breads and cereals to be changed for public health gains. It is to be done now or there will be no recourse in the future.
