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Foreign Investing: Open And Closed Investments
Investors have so many different options these days. Foreign investors have even more options. Not only do you have your country but you have the whole world to consider. There are many possibilities and opportunities to advance the profits and the value of your portfolio. You may have heard of open and closed foreign investments […]
Foreign Investing: Consider ETFs
There are many different options out there for foreign investors. Whether you are a small or large investor in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate or some other class of investment, you have many opportunities available to you. Have you ever considered ETFs as an additional option in your portfolio? If you are an investor […]
Foreign Investing: Benefits
Have you participated in foreign investing? There is a large array of markets for countries, investing firms and the individual investor to take part in. If you are an investor then you probably already have a pretty good idea of some of the benefits of foreign investing. For example, foreign investing helps to increase American […]
The Importance Of Knowing The Glycemic Index
How important is it to know the glycemic index of the carbohydrates that you consume? That depends on how closely you want to monitor those you eat. It is, of course, possible to simply follow the lead of others and switch to certain foods that you know have a lower glycemic index, but if you […]
The Nutritional Value of Low Glycemic Index Diet Foods
If you’re not accustomed to looking at the glycemic index of the carbohydrates you consume, you probably don’t understand the importance or have an idea of their nutritional value as it relates to other foods you consume. You don’t want to change your eating habits because someone told you that you should do that, but […]
The Glycemic Index: Changing Your Eating Habits
When we were children in school, we were taught to eat certain foods to maintain a healthy diet, but unfortunately, as we age, those needs change. Besides, who is going to tell a child to eat whole wheat bread? Sour dough bread? Whole grain cereals? At that age, the important thing was to assure that […]
The Glycemic Index And Heart Disease
Most of us do not think of the foods we eat in terms of heart disease, except the obvious ones such as those high in cholesterol. Failing to recognize the potential for any food we consume to lead to heart disease is a dangerous idea to hold. Although carbohydrates that have a higher glycemic index […]
The Glycemic Index And Your Health
In some ways, you can link the glycemic index to your health because of its nature and how it affects your overall health. Because we know that too much sugar in the blood can lead to diabetes, it stands to reason that if your diet includes carbohydrates that have a low glycemic index, less sugar […]
The Glycemic Index And Pregnancy
For many people, pregnancy is the beginning of a lifetime of high blood sugar. Those who have never had diabetes yet develop gestational diabetes have a higher than average chance of developing Type 2 diabetes. Of course, if you exert the effort to change your eating habits as soon as you know you’re pregnant, or […]
Preventing Diabetes With A Low Glycemic Index Diet
Except for juvenile onset diabetes, changes to a healthy eating program can make a difference in whether you develop diabetes later in life. For some people the problem begins during pregnancy with gestational diabetes, and those who develop diabetes during pregnancy have a much better chance of developing the disease later in life. The importance […]