WHAT ARE LOW GLYCEMIC FOODS?

WHAT ARE LOW GLYCEMIC FOODS: whatarelowglycemicfoods.com How A Low Glycemic Diet Can Benefit You Living in the Fast Food Lane Fast food does not always refer to drive in restaurants. Here we will discuss foods that are fast to our body's digestive system and how they can hurt your chances to lose weight, and even harm your overall health! Persons who desire to experience permanent, healthy weight loss, and those with diabetes can benefit from eating foods according to a system of ranking called the Glycemic Index. In this index, food is ranked according to how fast the body breaks the food down. This is important because the speed at which the body breaks food down directly affects our health, and our ability to lose weight and keep it off. Foods with a high-glycemic Index are known as fast carbohydrates (starches, breads, sugars) because they break down in the body quickly, and they quickly raise the blood sugar levels. This is not necessarily healthy, and may be deadly to some. This quick increase in blood sugar levels also triggers the body to store fat. This trigger subsequently stalls weight loss, and increases your chances to gain extra pounds of fat. It can also have the effect of increasing your food cravings. How Carbohydrates Behave To understand the Glycemic Index for (carbohydrate) foods, one must first understand that all carbohydrates are not created equal. All carbohydrates do have a few things in common though -- they all convert to glucose, and they all ...