{"id":6153,"date":"2018-09-10T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2019-06-03T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T19:21:18","slug":"tired-of-being-tired-avoid-these-energy-busters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=6153","title":{"rendered":"Tired of Being Tired? Avoid These Energy Busters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This is an easy one. Cut the sugar, and here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

Eating foods high in simple sugars\u00a0causes that glucose to be absorbed quickly into your digestive tract. In response, your body quickly produces a spike of insulin (which quickly ushers that blood sugar into your tissues).<\/p>\n

In fact, this causes your body often to over-produce insulin, leaving NO sugar left in your body for energy later. This is why eating candies or cookies or coffees or indeed any high-glycemic index carbohydrates can leave you tired and hungry within 90 minutes of eating!<\/p>\n

The nourishment you do consume just doesn\u2019t stick around \u2013 trust me, the calories do, but the satisfaction from them does not.<\/p>\n

Foods with a low glycemic index include whole grains, high-fiber vegetables, nuts, and healthy oils such as olive oil. In general, high-carbohydrate foods have the highest glycemic indexes. Proteins and fats have glycemic indexes that are close to zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is an easy one. Cut the sugar, and here\u2019s why. Eating foods high in simple sugars\u00a0causes that glucose to be absorbed quickly into your digestive tract. 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