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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 400679" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p><strong>Re: How long does it take for a piece of toast to be digeste</strong></p><p></p><p>The processing of breaking down carbs into glucose starts in the mouth as saliva is mixed with the food while you chew it and this process continues down into the stomach were stomach acid works to break down the food further, in the case of carbs it is processed into glucose but its not until it passes into your intestines that the glucose is absorbed into your blood so it would be highly unlikely that you would feel any effect straight away after eating although it generally doesnt take long especially with high GI foods like wholemeal bread. It will generally reach its peak after around the 1 hour mark and will then slowly start to return to its base level.</p><p></p><p>I personally have never felt anything when eating or when my bg levels rise apart from feeling a little tired and sleepy when they are especially high but you may be more in touch with your body than me although ringing in your ears for 20 minutes seems a bit odd. That said without knowing your current base bg level its hard to comment as if you are running very high already then any amount of carbs might have quite a big effect.</p><p></p><p>Its worth saying that wholemeal bread is no better than white bread as far as blood glucose levels are concerned it merely has a little extra fibre. Whole<u>GRAIN</u> breads are generally better and will have a lower glycemic Index (GI) as the whole grains will take longer to be broken down so digestion will be slower, simply put the glucose will enter the blood stream little by little rather than as one big hit that will happen with higher GI foods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 400679, member: 19121"] [b]Re: How long does it take for a piece of toast to be digeste[/b] The processing of breaking down carbs into glucose starts in the mouth as saliva is mixed with the food while you chew it and this process continues down into the stomach were stomach acid works to break down the food further, in the case of carbs it is processed into glucose but its not until it passes into your intestines that the glucose is absorbed into your blood so it would be highly unlikely that you would feel any effect straight away after eating although it generally doesnt take long especially with high GI foods like wholemeal bread. It will generally reach its peak after around the 1 hour mark and will then slowly start to return to its base level. I personally have never felt anything when eating or when my bg levels rise apart from feeling a little tired and sleepy when they are especially high but you may be more in touch with your body than me although ringing in your ears for 20 minutes seems a bit odd. That said without knowing your current base bg level its hard to comment as if you are running very high already then any amount of carbs might have quite a big effect. Its worth saying that wholemeal bread is no better than white bread as far as blood glucose levels are concerned it merely has a little extra fibre. Whole[u]GRAIN[/u] breads are generally better and will have a lower glycemic Index (GI) as the whole grains will take longer to be broken down so digestion will be slower, simply put the glucose will enter the blood stream little by little rather than as one big hit that will happen with higher GI foods. [/QUOTE]
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