Improved Health
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 […]
Making The Switch To A Low Glycemic Index Diet
It’s a difficult transition switching from eating carbohydrates that are unhealthy to those that are healthier because of a low glycemic index. However difficult it may be, your health depends upon your consumption of a healthy diet that includes whole grain products and unbleached flour instead of the white products that you have been accustomed […]
Benefits of the Glycemic Index
While we used to think that starches were complex carbohydrates, we have since discovered that only whole grain starches can boast of being a complex product. Those include whole grain breads and cereals, brown rice, sweet potatoes (rather than white potatoes), and whole wheat pastas and noodles. Certainly, they are healthier than eating cakes, candies, […]
Purpose of the Glycemic Index
Carbohydrates react in different ways on the glucose levels in our blood. In spite of what many people think, not all carbohydrates affect the blood sugar level in the same way, and to avoid the potential for high blood sugar that can take a toll on our health, it’s important to know which carbohydrates produce […]