To all the people tweeting me this week concerned that fruit, vegetables, grains & well all plant foods are too ‘high in sugar’...
Here’s a 3 tweet run down on how the life on our amazing planet fuels itself.
Here’s a 3 tweet run down on how the life on our amazing planet fuels itself.
The sun is a giant nuclear reactor that emits radiation.
Plants are essentially living solar panels that are capable of capturing this energy in a chemical form by the production of sugars.
They use this to fuel their growth.
Plants are essentially living solar panels that are capable of capturing this energy in a chemical form by the production of sugars.
They use this to fuel their growth.
Often they will lock some of these away in a botanical battery known as starch.
Pretty much all terrestrial life lives by stealing these carbs directly or indirectly from plants.
In omnivorous species, like humans, they are our key energy source, fuelling all our cells.
Pretty much all terrestrial life lives by stealing these carbs directly or indirectly from plants.
In omnivorous species, like humans, they are our key energy source, fuelling all our cells.
