I read somewhere once that sugar and ultra-processed carbs are like empty presents. All wrapper (taste) and no nutrition. They don't send signals to the cells. Except, of course, to produce insulin.
Every time we eat any sugar in excess, we become less insulin sensitive, and THAT is going to affect our epigenetics in a big way.
The only exception is white flour, which has some protein and, when unbleached, usually a small amount of fibre. But it still does not deliver the phytonutrients that the whole grain has. If the flour is fermented, it has help metabolites from the fermentation process. Unfortunately, people are consuming too much ultra-processed foods, which contain chemicals that may be doing things we don't know about in terms of our gene expression.
I read somewhere once that sugar and ultra-processed carbs are like empty presents. All wrapper (taste) and no nutrition. They don't send signals to the cells. Except, of course, to produce insulin.
Every time we eat any sugar in excess, we become less insulin sensitive, and THAT is going to affect our epigenetics in a big way.
The only exception is white flour, which has some protein and, when unbleached, usually a small amount of fibre. But it still does not deliver the phytonutrients that the whole grain has. If the flour is fermented, it has help metabolites from the fermentation process. Unfortunately, people are consuming too much ultra-processed foods, which contain chemicals that may be doing things we don't know about in terms of our gene expression.