Thus foods with a low GI will have
less effect on your blood sugar or glucose than foods with a high GI.
Foods with more fiber have
a lesser effect on blood sugar, and thus have fewer net carbs, whereas foods with little or no fiber but many carbs will cause more of a dramatic increase of your blood glucose.
And on a related note, when you refrigerate beans and other carbs overnight and then eat them, the starch changes structure (according to http://www.montignac.com) and has
less effect on your blood sugar.
Has
less effect on your blood sugar levels.
Not exact matches
Less obvious is the fact that red radishes, daikon, green cabbage and burdock have a similar
effect on the body by maintaining
blood sugar levels and reducing sweet cravings.
Compared with
sugar, they're
less caloric and their
effect on blood sugar is
less dramatic; they can, however, cause stomach upset.
Yes, a blended smoothie * might * cause a bigger
blood sugar spike and insulin rebound, but this depends
on the ingredients, and is significantly
less than the same
effect found with straight up juice.
But because your body doesn't completely absorb
sugar alcohols, their
effect on blood sugar is
less than that of other
sugars.
The lower the GI, the
less significant the
effect on blood sugar or insulin trigger ability.
In fact, their
effect on blood sugar is
less than apples and pears at only 25.
Carbs are needed for energy and the best choice is always healthy, complex carbs as they break down slowly keeping hunger at bay for longer, and they have a
less negative
effect on blood sugar than simple carbs.
These positive
effects on blood sugar can last for several hours after completion of exercise, and I have always noted that when a patient finally engages in a regular program of exercise that she has much
less tiredness, develops better sleep patterns, can handle stress better, is more optimistic and
less chance of depression and will burn fat at an increased rate.
For the type 1 diabetic worried about the
effects of beans
on blood sugar, kabuli black chick peas have far more fibre and far
less starch than regular white chick peas.
Other natural sweeteners might not have a calorie or carb contribution, but these compounds have varying glycaemic indices, meaning that they may still elicit an insulin response (e.g. xlylitol, maltitol, sorbitol) i.e., have a similar, but
less pronounced
effect on the
blood sugar as
sugar itself.
I thought that xylitol based sweeteners had
less impact
on blood sugar, even a lowering
effect?