Why is it that for some eating bread makes them tired and others, gives energy to?
I read in Women’s Health magazine one time that for some people with a certain body type (the name I can’t remember) that eating bread or carbs makes you crash, while for others it will energize them. Eating carbs definitely makes me extremely tired, and I want to research more about this so that I can stop eating the foods that make me tired, but I don’t know what it’s called. Anyone know what I am talking about?
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There is a condition called Celiac Disease that makes people gluten intolerant, (gluten is the protein in wheat, rye and barley). The gluten cannot be digested. The gluten acts as a toxin on the small intestine, killing the villi. The villi is what absorbs our nutrients. This causes all sorts of problems, including making you tired and feel like your brain is filled with cotton. It also causes digestive problems like heartburn, gas, bloating, diarrhea and nausea. In the long term if not treated it can cause ulcers and stomach cancer. It also prevents other nutrients from being absorbed, so health problems arise from that as well. About 1 in 133 people have this disease, but only 3% are diagnosed. Talk to a local allergist, go on the web at Celiac.com, or go to a natural food store for more information.
Its kinda hard to say. I still prefer eating wheat bread over white bread. But mosty you get tired from eating food because you make yourself full, rather than just the carbs you eat. Eating the nutrients your body NEEDS is not going to make you crash.