Low Glycemic Diet GO and NO Foods

A low glycemic diet is the healthiest way to lose weight.

Why? Recent research shows that people who follow a low glycemic diet are at a significantly lower risk for both heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

But, that's not all. So let's start at the beginning.

Carbohydrates – the Good and the Bad

Goodness gracious! Haven't we all heard enough about carbohydrates yet? One side says eat more while the other side says we eat too many.

They’re shooting at the same target, but neither one is hitting the bull’s-eye.

However, the recent studies have caught the bull by the horns. More and more researchers realize that all carbohydrates are not created equal!

You need a certain amount of low glycemic diet carbohydrates to be healthy, but some carbs cause your blood sugar to rise dangerously high.

Blood Sugar Blues

This glycemic response forces your pancreas to come to the rescue by producing a high insulin release. The sole purpose of the insulin surge is to lower your blood sugar as fast as possible. It does this by converting sugar to fat. UH-OH!

Consequently, your blood sugar drops way down out of the high danger zone, through the safe control zone, into the low danger zone.

You then experience the sugar blues from low blood sugar. This makes you ravenously hungry. UH-OH, again!

This mechanism helps protect your body from poor food choices and bad habits.

Hunting and Gathering Burns Calories

In the early days of our existence when food became scarce, we had to actively hunt and gather more food. In the process, we burned extra fat for energy.

But, when was the last time food was scarce at your house?

Have you had to hunt down any antelope lately? With our affluent modern lifestyle, there are certainly no famine problems – it’s always feast, feast, feast!

The Ups and Downs of Modern Times

If you're eating like most people in our society, every day you end up on the glycemic roller coaster. Up and down! Up and down! High and low! High and low!

Until one day it’s – over and out!

The fat burning doors slam shut and the fat storage doors are jammed open. Then you wonder, (while nibbling on a piece of white toast with jam), why you can’t lose weight.

It’s really no mystery. You’re eating too many insulin producing high glycemic calories.

"GO" and "NO" Can Help You Lose Weight

If you’re ready to do something about it, here’s a simple Online Glycemic Index List of Foods with "GO" and "NO" guidelines to lead you through the carbohydrate maze. The “GO” list also helps you keep your fat intake at a healthy level.

In each category you’ll find foods you can eat plus those to stay away from.

The “NO” list consists of foods that are too high in fat calories and those that cause an unwanted insulin response.

There are no percentages to confuse you and no numbers to calculate or memorize. As part of an overall nutritious food plan, eat moderate amounts of the Healthy Weight “GO” Foods and avoid the Overweight “NO” Foods. It’s that simple.

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