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<blockquote data-quote="Patch" data-source="post: 110063" data-attributes="member: 13526"><p><strong>Is the Glycemic Index a Scam?</strong></p><p></p><p>Taken from Diabetes101: A small extract. </p><p></p><p>Is the Glycemic Index a Scam? </p><p> </p><p>You've been hearing a lot lately about the health benefits of so-called "low glycemic" foods. The theory is that these are foods which, though filled with carbohydrates, digest slowly and hence do not raised blood sugar. This, we are told, makes low glycemic foods ideal for everyone, especially people with blood sugar problems. </p><p></p><p>The truth is far different. </p><p>What the Glycemic Index Measures</p><p>To understand why the GI diet concept is flawed, you have to understand what it is that the glycemic index measures. </p><p></p><p>The way nutritionists create a tables of glycemic index values is this: They feed a measured dose of a single food to a group of completely normal people. Then they test their blood sugar two hours after they have eaten and come up with an average blood sugar value they compare to the blood sugar the same group experienced after eating some reference food, usually white bread or pure glucose.</p><p></p><p>The full article can be read here. </p><p><a href="http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/22168291.php" target="_blank">http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/22168291.php</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patch, post: 110063, member: 13526"] [b]Is the Glycemic Index a Scam?[/b] Taken from Diabetes101: A small extract. Is the Glycemic Index a Scam? You've been hearing a lot lately about the health benefits of so-called "low glycemic" foods. The theory is that these are foods which, though filled with carbohydrates, digest slowly and hence do not raised blood sugar. This, we are told, makes low glycemic foods ideal for everyone, especially people with blood sugar problems. The truth is far different. What the Glycemic Index Measures To understand why the GI diet concept is flawed, you have to understand what it is that the glycemic index measures. The way nutritionists create a tables of glycemic index values is this: They feed a measured dose of a single food to a group of completely normal people. Then they test their blood sugar two hours after they have eaten and come up with an average blood sugar value they compare to the blood sugar the same group experienced after eating some reference food, usually white bread or pure glucose. The full article can be read here. [url=http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/22168291.php]http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/22168291.php[/url] [/QUOTE]
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