Many people eat bread for breakfast. But according to Doctor Masatsugu Fukushima, a gastrointestinal specialist, it is better not to do so.
First of all, eating bread for breakfast causes a sharp rise in blood sugar.
Because hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline
that raise blood sugar levels are secreted more than usual in the morning, therefore,
eating carbohydrates in the morning causes a higher rise in blood sugar than
eating them in the afternoon. The phenomenon of high blood sugar levels in the
morning is well known to diabetics as the "dawn akatsuki phenomenon."
Such fluctuations in blood sugar levels damage
blood vessels and are thought to lead to arteriosclerosis, myocardial
infarction and stroke.
After a blood sugar spike, our body will try to lower blood sugar through the secretion of insulin. But the blood sugar levels tend to drop too much as a result. This is known as "functional hypoglycemia."
When the brain receives the message of a "drop in blood sugar
levels", there is a craving that tends to look for other carbohydrates. This
leads to a high-carb diet throughout the day, possibly starting to feel hungry two
hours after breakfast.
Moreover, bread is easy to eat and fills you up,
but filling up means that it stays in your stomach for a long time. So it is
harder to digest than other foods.
In addition, gluten contained in wheat is
difficult to be broken down by digestive enzymes, so it is absorbed by the
mucous membrane of the small intestine without being fully digested. The
undigested food damages the mucous membrane of the small intestine and causes
abdominal pain and allergies.
Continuing to eat bread made from heat-treated
wheat can also lead to the onset or exacerbation of obesity, high blood
pressure, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction, cerebral
infarction and cancer.
Finally, eating bread for breakfast disrupts the autonomic nervous system. Since the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves communicate with each other when you get up in the morning. If you consume sugar at this time, it may disrupt this biological clock.
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