Carbohydrate requirement

Carbohydrate requirement
The carbohydrate is easy to digest and assimilate, it is the most important energy material of human body, can offer about 70% of the heat energy for human body. The elderly insulin weakens the regulating action of blood glucose, the sugar tolerance is low, so there is blood glucose that raises the trend. And it is taken in that some simple carbohydrate is too much, can be turned into triglyceride in the body, exchange the high lipoprotein blood disease of kindling, so the elderly should control candies, intaking amount of refined dessert, it is generally acknowledged that every day should not exceed 30 grams - 50 grams to take in cane sugar quantity. The main source of the carbohydrate is the starch, the majority can be obtained from the grain, potatoes; Secondly can also eat some food high in fructose content, such as various fruits, honey, jam,etc.. The intaking amount of the carbohydrate should generally account for 50%- 60% of the total amount of heat.

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