Sentences with phrase «termed high glycemic load»

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Based on more than 16 years of follow - up among 120,000 men and women from three long - term studies of U.S. health professionals, the authors first found that diets with a high glycemic load (GL) from eating refined grains, starches, and sugars were associated with more weight gain.

Long - term consumption of a diet with a low glycemic load (GL)(6 mo) or GI (12 mo), resulted in significantly lower concentrations of high - sensitivity C - reactive protein in healthy overweight adults (9) and in persons with type 2 diabetes (10).

Several large - scale, observational studies from Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) indicate that the long - term consumption of a diet with a high glycemic load (GL; GI × dietary carbohydrate content) is a significant independent predictor of the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (7, 8) and cardiovascular disease (9).

Within the past 20 y, substantial evidence has accumulated showing that long term consumption of high glycemic load carbohydrates can adversely affect metabolism and health (71,77,78).