We’ve all heard chew your food 30-40 times to get the most nutrients from your meal. But did you know you can actually tell if a carbohydrate is good for you by paying attention to your taste buds when chewing? Glands around the wall of your mouth secrete enzymes to begin the breakdown of your food and kick-start the digestion process. One particular enzyme, amylase, is responsible for the break down of carbohydrates. When chewing good “complex” carbohydrates like those derived from fruits, vegetables and grains you’ll notice they become progressively sweeter the longer you chew. This is due to amylase breaking down the food into its simpler sugar and glucose components. On the flip side, “simple” carbohydrates like those found in ice cream and candy bars will become progressively more bland the longer you chew. The benefit of ingesting good carbohydrates is better more sustainable energy. So, next time you sit down in front of a plate of brown rice and broccoli, pay attention to your taste buds!!
15
Aug
08
Choo Choo Your Food
Hometown hero and gym “legend” Vicky Hurst is a Top 5 finish away from setting a Future’s Tour record for most money earned in one year. At just over $73,000 in winnings she has more than enough to treat the training staff to a steak dinner at Outback on her return home.
14
Aug
08
Website Is Airborne!
After a long and painful ordeal we finally have our official website up and running! Check it out at DeLuca’s Training Systems and comment on how great it looks. With over 1,000,000 hits in just the first hour we’ll be sure to post nothing but world-class training information. I don’t know about you, but someone should give the webmaster a medal for the many months of cramming HTML/CSS programming into his already “jammed” head!
On occasions it almost came to this:
