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Low Glycemic Index Foods
By fthomas | April 15, 2009
Knowing Low Glycemic Index Foods Is A Plan To Eat Right And Live Right
For most people, knowing the value of certain foods in terms of gycemic index is a diet plan. To some, especially those that have diabetes, it means the ability to survive and live a healthy life and not be debilitated with the disease.
Actually, being diagnosed with diabetes is not the end of the world. Sure, we would give up certain privileges that we enjoyed before as eating as much sweets and carbohydrates as much as we want to. But we would have to give them up eventually. Just think of it this way, you are just ahead of the game health-wise especially since you will become an expert on the field of low glycemic index foods. You will already be experts on what to eat and what foods to avoid while the rest of us are still struggling.
Generally speaking, all food groups have a high and low value glycemic index. It is usually tabulated per food group and the foods that are enumerated start from those that have low value GI then proceeding to the medium level and finally the high value. All kinds of food have their own GI value.
But generally speaking, the ones that have the lowest among all kinds of foods are fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes. It is actually kind of simple especially when you get the hang of it and like any other activity it could get really confusing at the start.
What I can advise you is read up on the glycemic index and list down all kinds of food that belong in the low glycemic index foods group and if you can place it in a matrix that you are comfortable with, do so. The technique here is to categorize the food that you usually eat in a matrix and put those that have the same value (whether high or low) in the same row so you can choose the best low glycemic index foods option for you at the time when you feel the need to eat.
This will be most helpful to those who have diabetes. Of course, the rest of us, can follow suit any time because it is more healthy to eat this way.
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