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Glycemic Index - 21 News Result(s)
  • What is Glycemic Index? 8 Low GI Foods You Must include In your Diet
    What is Glycemic Index? 8 Low GI Foods You Must include In your Diet

    The Glycemic Index (GI) is a relative ranking of carbohydrate in foods according to how they affect blood glucose levels. Carbs with low GI value (55 or less) are digested, absorbed and metabolised slowly and ...

  • Good Carbs Versus Bad Carbs: Do You Really Need to Worry?
    Good Carbs Versus Bad Carbs: Do You Really Need to Worry?

    The idea that all carbohydrates are not created equal has become the foundation of many popular diets. Some argue that foods like white bread and potatoes, which have a high so-called glycemic index because they ...

  • Diabetes: Researchers Have Identified a Low Glycemic Index Rice Variety
    Diabetes: Researchers Have Identified a Low Glycemic Index Rice Variety

    This new development is significant as rice is a staple diet for a big population.

  • High Glycaemic Index Foods That Diabetics Should Avoid
    High Glycaemic Index Foods That Diabetics Should Avoid

    The Glycaemic index is a value assigned to foods (carbohydrate), based on how slowly or quickly they affect blood glucose levels

  • White Bread, Corn Flakes Intake Push Up Lung Cancer Risk
    White Bread, Corn Flakes Intake Push Up Lung Cancer Risk

    Interestingly, the researchers found that glycemic load (GL), a measure of carbohydrate quantity, had no significant associations with lung cancer risk.

  • Carb-Rating Scale Isn't Giving You the Full Picture
    Carb-Rating Scale Isn't Giving You the Full Picture

    It is important to keep in mind that just because a food has a low GI/GL (or is low in calories and high in vitamin C, for that matter) doesn't mean it is healthy.

  • Switching to a Low Glycemic Diet May Reduce the Risk of Age-Related Eye Diseases
    Switching to a Low Glycemic Diet May Reduce the Risk of Age-Related Eye Diseases

    Researchers at the Tufts University in the United States have found that switching to a low glycemic diet can offer many health benefits especially in reducing the risk of developing eye diseases such as age-related ...

  • 5 Low Glycemic Index Recipes For Healthy And Wholesome Meal
    5 Low Glycemic Index Recipes For Healthy And Wholesome Meal

    Low GI Foods: Carb-rich foods with low GI value can easily be digested and metabolised, causing a gradual rise in blood glucose.

  • Eat More Pulses to Lose Weight
    Eat More Pulses to Lose Weight

    It is a well-known fact that pulses and lentils are primary sources of protein. They are light on the stomach, aide in digestion and have a low glycemic index, which means that these take more ...

  • Negative Calorie Foods: You Can Eat These 11 Foods & Not Gain Weight
    Negative Calorie Foods: You Can Eat These 11 Foods & Not Gain Weight

    Rich in nutrition, load your plate with these 11 Negative Calorie foods that burn more calories that what they contain.

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