No matter whether we eat potatoes, fruit, vegetables, cereals, breads or other grain products – along with these foods we are also consuming carbohydrates. Mother Nature has put carbs into everything that is healthy. Why? While human cells also use fat and protein as fuel to produce energy, human brain and nerve cells exclusively use the instantly "combustible" glucose molecules (sugar) to produce energy. And sugar is the smallest unit of carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are available as molecular "singles" such as the fructose contained in fruit; however, they are also available as a "couple", when two molecules unite to become saccharose as, for instance, in refined sugar. In potatoes and whole-grain bread many singles unite to become a polysaccharide, which is nothing else but starch. The human organism does make a difference whether there is flock of singles, couples or even a gang of sugar molecules invading the body.
The carbohydrates are split up into smaller sugar molecules just as soon as they enter the mouth aided by the saliva enzyme amylase. You can test this for yourself: simply chew a piece of dry bread longer than usually. After a little while it will start to taste sweet. This sweetness you taste is the handiwork of the saliva enzyme amylase.
While amylase is at work, it will "tell" the pancreas to produce the hormone insulin. The job of insulin is to make sure that the sugar molecules are being transported to the brain and nerve cells. As soon as the organism converts the sugar molecules contained in the carbohydrates into glucose, the very blood sugar needed by the brain and nerve cells, the insulin will start its work. It moves the glucose molecules into the cells to be burned for energy. The brain and nerve cells absolutely love this part. This is exactly the type of food they "enjoy" and work well with.
Insulin likes having some little helpers to transport glucose molecules. Its "favourite" helpers include chromium, magnesium, selenium, zinc, vitamin C, certain B vitamins, amino acids and alpha-lipoic acid, among others. In our product "Gluco Energy" we have combined all these essential nutrients in every capsule to give you some "sweet" power.
1 capsule contains: 1 mg vitamin B1, 1.2 mg vitamin B2, 13 mg vitamin B3, 6 mg vitamin B5, 1.2 mg vitamin B6, 0.4 mg folic acid, 3 µg vitamin B12, 75 mg vitamin C, 12 mg vitamin E, 0.03 mg biotin, 30 mg alpha-lipoic acid, 9.5 mg OPC, 60 mg magnesium, 3 mg beta-carotene, 50 mg spirulina/selenium, 50 mg spirulina/zinc and 50 mg spirulina/chromium.
We recommend taking 2 capsules daily.
