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Should we ditch the idea of three meals a day? (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 19 points 5 months ago (9 children)

You don't get sugar crashes if you don't eat copious amounts of sugar

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    I get them at around 11 in the morning. I eat wholemeal bread with no sugar crunchy peanut butter for breakfast.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Bread and peanut butter are both relatively large sources of sugar…

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    that's a very broad statement, unsweetened bread barely has any sugar at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    In the context of blood sugar, carbohydrates is the sugar being discussed, not cane sugar, and bread in almost all forms is just pure simple carbs. Peanut butter is at least a bit more complex, but would still cause blood sugar problems. If you’re trying to avoid diabetes, daily peanut butter bread is probably a bad call.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe your trouble is the bread. Wholemeal are carbs and carbs are sugar. The sugarless peanut butter should not be causing any sugar crashes.

    Caveat. Not a trained specialist here. Just someone who has been trying to sort my issues out and wanting to share.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    complex carbs are not comparable to simpler sugars, the body has to do a significant amount of processing to turn the carbs into readily usable sugar.
    You also need carbs in your diet, it's the main fuel source for the body and it's difficult to avoid anyways (all vegetables have loads of carbs, even peanuts are 17% carbs.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Your body starts producing sugar for you to eat if you fast too long. That's why they tell diabetics to eat or snack every 2ish hours. To keep your glucose level

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    It doesn't produce a huge amount of glucose, mainly a baseline to keep your brain fed. The rest of your body just starts using different sources for food because it generally doesn't need glucose.

    Your body prefers to consume glycogen, which your liver produces from glucose. Most people's livers store enough to go about a day if they aren't participating in strenuous activities.

    Also, diabetics are told to eat snacks throughout the day because it can be dangerous for them to eat large meals. Large meals often mean a lot of sugar, and since they either can't produce insulin or are resistant to it, they can't easily signal to their fat cells to store the excess energy

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