Not exact matches
Be it dairy, gluten, corn, soy, meat, wheat or anything with a
high glycemic index, the Avoider strictly follows the advice of the latest health book they have tracked down,
much to the chagrin of those with actual
food allergies.
James E. Gangwisch, PhD, assistant professor at Columbia University in the department of psychiatry, wanted to find out whether
foods with a
higher glycemic index (GI)-- a scale that ranks carbohydrate - containing
foods by how
much they raise your blood sugar — would be associated with greater odds of depression.
If you feed people mashed white potatoes, a
high glycemic food like white rice, this is how
much insulin your pancreas has to pump out to keep your blood sugars in check.
Dr. Agatston spends
much time explaining the
glycemic index, a measure of how rapid and
high a spike in blood sugar is seen after ingestion of particular
foods.
The founders of the South Beach Diet discovered that if you eat too
much of the «bad carbs», found in
foods with a
high glycemic index (GI), you will create insulin resistance and won't be able to process fat or sugar properly.
It's
much better in the long - term to regulate the blood sugar naturally by limiting
high - sugar
foods (
high -
glycemic fruits, too).
Many
high - fiber
foods are also low on the
glycemic index, which is a scale that ranks how
much a
food will impact blood sugar levels.
Fiber helps to keep our blood sugar levels from spiking as
much when we eat
higher glycemic foods.
It's just that lower -
glycemic foods (and those with
higher fats) help regulate your appetite
much more easily so that you're no longer hungry after you haven't eaten very
much.