| Many popular diet books recommend
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| | calculated by multiplying the
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| avoiding foods with a high Glycemic
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| | grams of carbohydrate in a serving of
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| Index. When you eat a food, your blood
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| | food by that food's
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| sugar level rises. The
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| | glycemic index. Carrots dropped from
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| food that raises blood sugar the highest
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| | high GI of 131 to a GL of
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| is pure table sugar. The
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| | 10. Potatoes fall from a GI of 121 to a
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| Glycemic Index (GI) is a ratio of how
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| | GL of 45. Air-popped
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| high a food raises blood
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| | popcorn, with a GI of 79, has a GL of
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| sugar in comparison to table sugar.
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| | 4.GI and GL indexes are tools for
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| Foods whose carbohydrates
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| | research that will drive you
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| break down slowly release glucose into
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| | crazy if you try to apply them to your
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| the bloodstream slowly,
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| | daily selection of foods.
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| so blood sugar levels do not rise high
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| | Instead, use your own common sense and
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| and therefore these foods
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| | eat plenty of fruits,
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| have low GI scores. Those that break
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| | vegetables, whole grains, beans and
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| down quickly cause a high
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| | other seeds. If you are diabetic,
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| rise in blood sugar and have a high GI.
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| | you can eat root vegetables and fruits
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| Most beans, whole grains
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| | with other foods to slow the
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| and non-starchy vegetables have low GI;
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| | rise in blood sugar they may cause.For
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| while sugars, refined
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| | more on GL and sensible nutrition, read
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| grains, fruits and root vegetables have
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| | "Eat, Drink,
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| a high GI.A carrot has almost the same GI
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| | and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical
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| as sugar, but common
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| | School Guide to Healthy Eating"
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| sense tells you that a carrot is more
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| | (Simon & Schuster, June 2001), by
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| healthful than table sugar.
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| | Harvard School of Public Health
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| Foods that are mostly water or air will
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| | professor and researcher Walter Willett,
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| not cause a steep rise in
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| | M.D -- highly recommended.Subscribe to my
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| your blood sugar even if their GI is
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| high. That's why a new
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| | health, and nutrition.Dr. Gabe Mirkin has
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| measure, called Glycemic Load (GL), is
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| | been a radio talk show host for 25 years
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| more useful. This tells
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| | and practicing physician for more than 40
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| you how much sugar is in a portion of
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| | years; he is board certified in four
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| food as well as how high it
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| | specialties, including sports medicine.
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| raises blood sugar levels. GL is
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