Sugar is just a source of empty calories, meaning you get calories, but no vitamins, minerals or fiber. You donât have to deprive yourself of sweets all together, though, as long as you consume sugary foods in moderation and stay within the daily recommended limit.owever, the American Heart Association set a recommended limit, so you donât get too many extra calories in your diet. Men shouldn't have more than 9 teaspoons daily, while women shouldn't have more than 6 teaspoons.
the BRAT diet: bananas, rice, apple sauce, and toast. The BRAT diet is a diet for patients with gastrointestinal distress such as diarrhea, indigestion, and/or gastroenteritis. The BRAT diet is a bland diet that consists of foods that are low in fiber. Low-fiber foods were recommended as it was thought that foods high in fiber cause gas and possibly worsen gastrointestinal upset. An acronym, BRAT is a mnemonic for bananas, rice, apple sauce, and toast, the staples of the diet.
Let's follow the route of a piece of toast, to take a look at the digestive tract. After putting the toast into our mouth we chew it with our teeth. Not only is the toast ground into small pieces, but it is also mixed with saliva. Saliva contains enzymes. These enzymes break down molecules into smaller particles. A piece of toast is made of wheat and this contains starch. Starch is made up of long chains of carbohydrates. These chains are too small for the teeth to grind but the enzymes break these into smaller pieces. In other words, digestion starts in the mouth! So it is very important to chew your food well and not to rush it. After swallowing, the toast will go past the back of the throat, down the gullet to the stomach. The stomach contains very acid fluid and enzymes to break down the chain of molecules into even smaller pieces. The stomach's contents are so acid that, if you could put your finger in there, it would be broken down as well! Because of the acidity, most of the bacteria will be killed. The stomach can survive this acidity because it has a special lining.