Sentences with phrase «high glycemic index foods increased»

The study also found that white bread, white potatoes, and other high glycemic index foods increased the cancer risk threefold.

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Unlike most «refined» carbohydrates, which are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, pasta has a low glycemic index, meaning it causes smaller increases in blood sugar levels than those caused by eating foods with a high glycemic index.

Conventional wisdom says that high glycemic index foods like bananas and pasta are «bad» for heart health and may increase diabetes risk.

When the researchers broke the carbs into high and low glycemic index categories, the increased risk was even more apparent: Women who ate the most high glycemic foods had about 2.25 times the risk of developing heart disease than women who consumed the fewest.

Other studies have found that a breakfast of low - glycemic - index foods like oatmeal increased mental acuity over high - glycemic - index breakfasts with the same number of same calories.

Researchers have investigated the effects of refined sugars on cognitive function, and conclude that «Special care in food selection at meals should be exercised by those with type 2 diabetes since ingestion of rapidly absorbed, high — glycemic index carbohydrate foods further impairs medial temporal lobe function, with food - induced increases in oxidative stress and cytokine release likely explaining the association between food ingestion and reduction in cognitive function in those with type 2 diabetes (1).»

White Rice High glycemic - index foods, including refined carbs like white rice, have been shown to increase your risk...

High glycemic - index foods, including refined carbs like white rice, have been shown to increase your risk of depression since they cause your blood sugar to suddenly rise, promoting a spike of insulin.

A reason for low glycemic foods is that high glycemic index foods such as cakes, white bread increase blood sugar level and encourage breakouts i.e. «stay away from sugar, dairy, and bread» [glamour.com] as well as fermented foods, yeast, wines, etc..

The researchers concluded, «Given that both a high cereal fiber content and lower glycemic index are attributes of wholegrain foods, recommendation to increase wholegrain intake may reduce the risk of developing the metabolic syndrome.»

Now finally in the Western industrialized world, there has been some scientific disagreement with modern day conventional wisdom that high glycemic index foods like pasta, rice, bread, and potatoes increase diabetes and heart health risks.

A food with a low glycemic index (GI) typically raises blood sugar levels only moderately, while a food with a high GI may cause blood sugar levels to increase more than desired.The higher the glycemic index of a food, the greater chance that you will experience an insulin spike which will potentially affect your metabolism.

I just read that many fruits might have a high glycemic index, measuring how fast a food increases the blood sugar, but they have a low glycemic LOAD, which is the measure of the blood sugar raising power per serving of food.

Refined white flour has a high glycemic index, which is a scale that rates the speed at which a food increases blood sugar levels.

Diets rich in foods that have a high glycemic index have been linked to an increased risk for diabetes, heart disease, obesity, age - related macular degeneration, infertility and colorectal cancer.

Previous work has linked diets with many high glycemic index foods with an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, the researchers said.

But probably, it was the combination of that hypothesized nutritional factor (some food with a high glycemic index / load) AND / OR that hypothesized environmental stressor WITH the increased caloric consumption.

Conversely, an increased consumption of trans — fatty acids (RR, 1.32 [95 % CI, 1.16 - 1.48]-RRB- and foods with a high glycemic index (1.32 [1.10 - 1.54]-RRB- were associated with a significantly higher risk of CHD (Table 2).

Thus, consumption of high glycemic index foods may lead to increased hunger and promote overeating and weight gain.