| The experts used to tell us we should
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| | appearance, and emotional well-being.Dr.
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| avoid simple carbohydrates, i.e. sugar,
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| | Jennie Brand-Miller at the University of
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| and instead eat complex carbohydrates,
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| | Sydney and some of her colleagues
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| i.e. starches. Some of them are still
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| | published an extensive list showing both
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| saying that, which is unfortunate because
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| | the glycemic index and the glycemic load
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| scientists now know that this is not the
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| | of 750 foods in the July 2002 issue of
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| right way to look at it.Scientists now
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| | the American Journal of Clinical
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| know that some starches, such as baked
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| | Nutrition, pages 5-56. It's a tedious
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| potato for example, cause your blood
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| | list to consult, though, because it
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| sugar and insulin levels to increase
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| | contains many foods and brands from other
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| dramatically in much the same way as
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| | parts of the world, which most Americans
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| sugars cause these levels to jump. So
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| | are not concerned about.More and more
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| they constructed something called the
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| | diet books, including several by Dr.
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| Glycemic Index, which shows how fast and
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| | Jenny Brand-Miller, are including more
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| to what degree a given amount of each
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| | usable glycemic indexes these days, so
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| kind of carbohydrate causes your blood
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| | you shouldn't have much trouble finding
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| sugar and insulin levels to rise.In a
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| | one.The reason it is so important for you
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| typical glycemic index, pure glucose is
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| | to have this information is because when
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| assigned the number 100. All other
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| | food causes your blood sugar to rise too
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| carbohydrates are assigned lower numbers
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| | much, the increased blood sugar causes
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| corresponding to how fast and to what
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| | your insulin levels to rise, and that
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| degree they cause your blood sugar to
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| | causes weight gain, especially around the
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| rise in comparison to the way pure
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| | waist, and all sorts of other health,
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| glucose causes your blood sugar to rise.
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| | appearance, and emotional problems as
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| A baked russet potato causes your blood
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| | well.Insulin is an extremely important
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| sugar to rise about 85% as much as pure
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| | endocrine hormone that has a powerful
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| glucose, so a baked potato is said to
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| | effect on many aspects of health,
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| have a glycemic index of 85 on this type
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| | appearance, and feelings of
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| of index.Now more and more diet-book
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| | well-being.When insulin levels are
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| gurus and nutrition journalists are
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| | elevated, the levels of many other
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| telling people to forget about whether a
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| | hormones and other types of chemical
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| carbohydrate is simple or complex, and
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| | messengers in your body change as well.
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| simply judge it by its glycemic index.
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| | And this can lead to all sorts of
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| They tell us the rule we should follow is
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| | trouble.Recent scientific studies have
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| to simply avoid foods that have a high
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| | revealed a dramatic relationship between
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| glycemic index.This is unfortunate too,
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| | high-glycemic foods, obesity, and several
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| though, because the glycemic index only
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| | major illnesses.Don De Grazia attended
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| tells you how much a given quantity of
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| | the University of Chicago as a Hutchins
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| the carbohydrate in a given food causes
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| | Scholar and has participated in workshops
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| your blood sugar to rise. The glycemic
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| | co-sponsored by the Harvard University
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| index does not tell you how much
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| | Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital.
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| carbohydrate is contained in that food.
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| | In 1982 he participated in a series of
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| And the quantity of carbohydrate in a
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| | workshops which were co-sponsored by the
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| given food is an even more important
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| | University of Indiana Medical School,
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| factor in determining how much that food
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| | Dental School, and Graduate School of
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| will cause your blood sugar and insulin
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| | Psychology.He is the director of Outreach
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| to rise.No problem. Another index has
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| | Counseling Center in Oak Park, Illinois,
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| more recently been developed by
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| | and has conducted highly successful
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| scientists which takes into consideration
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| | smoking-cessation, weight-loss, diet, and
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| both factors: to what degree a given
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| | nutrition programs for more than 32
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| quantity of a given carbohydrate causes
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| | years.He is also a writer who has been
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| your blood sugar to rise, and also the
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| | published in the United States, Canada,
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| quantity of carbohydrate contained in a
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| | Italy, and Japan. He has won several
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| specific-size portion of that food.This
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| | international awards for his writing.
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| new index is called the Glycemic Load,
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| | In the year 2000, the Illinois Arts
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| and it provides you with extremely
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| | Council, an agency of the State of
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| important information for weight loss and
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| | Illinois, selected his fiction for its
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| for many other aspects of health, energy,
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| | annual literary award.
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