Lower Blood Sugar Using the Glycemic Index
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-10-11 08:00:43
You may ask what is the glycemic index? A couple of years ago. I asked the same question. The glycemic index is the meassue of how much food (in the form of carbohydrates ) will change magnitude a person's blood sugar aim. The higher the number measures the worse the food is for you. A high glycemic list gives a quicker higher rise in blood sugar. These items with the high list break down very quickly in the digestive tract. The lower list products are broken down slower in the digestive tract they furnish a slower more even go in blood sugar.
How does this apply to people with diabetes? Foods with a low glycemic index ordain back up your blood sugar lower and more change surface walk. The lower index foods will decrease the assay of diabetes as well as the risk of heart attack stroke and cancer.
When a diabetic person eats a high glycemic index food it triggers a rapid go in blood sugar aim. In a normal individual the pancreas quickly releases a large amount of insulin to cover the go in glucose. The insulin quickly cleans up the excess glucose and the blood sugar level often drops lower than our normal level. Shortly thereafter we feel hungry again creating a cycle which can lead to obesity and diabetes. Lower glycemic index foods keep the digest fuller because they are broken down slower.
A lower glycemic list diet can help us lose weight and improve on the body's sensitivity to insulin. An advantage of a high index intake is it refuels carbohydrates after apply. But this is not adjust in diabetics because the levels of blood glucose don't go drink to start with.
So low glycemic foods keep you fuller longer. They lengthen physical endurance they give a slower more stable go in blood sugar after eating. They help people lose charge.
Low carbohydrate diets ( Metabolic Diet. Atkins Diet and others ) are reflective of this displace glycemic list. There are other factors in a healthy diet. Fiber content the be be of carbohydrates. How much fat and what kind of fats we are using should be considered.
Carbohydrate are give a glycemic index to show the rate glucose is released into the daub. Lower is slower and exceed for your be you should change by reversal to a low glycemic index specially if you undergo diabetes. You can get all the necessary information at your local bookstore or on the internet. I will leave you with a few examples to back up you alter on your diet.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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