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The Glycemic Index
Your health is the most important part of your life. With out your health you can not take care of family or yourself. You can start by fixing your diet. Once you get your diet under control then you can move on from there with exercise and other personal health care activities. Lets look into diet and the glycemic index.
The Glycemic Index is a common food ranking system that is used to determine the overall effect that particular foods play when it comes to the issue of the glucose level in the blood. It has been discovered that food types that are carbohydrate based and break down in a quick manner in the process of digestion have the highest index when it comes to the Glycemic Index. This means that the overall response from the sugar levels in the blood is relatively fast and occurs at a very high rate. If the same type of foods breakdown at a slow rate, then it is said that those foods have a low Glycemic Index.
There should be an emphasis on the Glycemic Index when it comes to the foods that we consume and our diet in general. The following groups of people should be especially concerned about this:
1. Individuals who have diabetes, or those who are at high risk for developing this medical condition
2. Those who are engaging in a diet program
3. Individuals who are involved in athletics
4. Individuals who suffer from medical conditions like a resistance to insulin, and even Syndrome X
5. Those who suffer from the effects of hypoglycemia
If foods that are consumed have a high index as far as glycemics is concerned, there are many complications that can arise. The following outlines the many problems that may develop when it comes to the foods that break down the fastest when it comes to digestion:
1. Individuals who experience foods with a Glycemic Index that is really high often experience small bursts of hyperactivity and long periods of fatigue immediately thereafter.
2. Those who consume these foods often find that their physical performance is hindered a great deal.
3. Those who consume these types of foods are most likely to gain weight more quickly than individuals who consume foods that have a low Glycemic Index.
If you are concerned about your weight, your blood glucose level, and your health in general, it is absolutely imperative to ensure that you learn as much as you are able when it comes to the Glycemic Index.
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For those of you who follow this site you’ll know that I have a particular interest in the relationship between carbohydrates and fat - this article just confirms what we know to be true empirically to be true scientifically.
According to new research, people on low-carb diets lose weight in part because they get less fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly.
The study shows that the type of carbs someone eats can be as important as the amount. Although fructose is naturally found in high levels in fruit, it is also added to many processed foods, especially in the form of high-fructose corn syrup.
For the study, six healthy people performed three different tests involving drinking various mixes of glucose and fructose. Researchers found that fructose turned into body fat much more quickly, and that having it for breakfast changed how the body handled fats at lunch.
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Diabetes is a problem of such large scale that it is attarcting the attention of the fiscal controllers in Government around the world. It is wholly treatable but very costly and once drus are used they probably have to continue for the rest of a persons life.
What is not so well known is that with very simple dietary modification before onset we can prevent diabetes entirely. Once it has taken hold then we can achieve the same or similar result with a much more radical diateray regime. The point of this entry is to alert you to the fact that you can do a lot to prevent diabetes and it can be redressed without drug intervention in most if not the majority of cases.
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Living well with diabetes - controlling your blood glucose levels
The odds are that you or someone you know has diabetes already or is at risk for developing this disease. Nearly 21 million Americans—or roughly one in every 14 people—have diabetes, and many more are at risk. Of course, if you or someone you love has diabetes, the disorder is about much more than a statistic. It means a new way of life.
However, there’s plenty of good news emerging about diabetes. Research shows that keeping your blood sugar levels as close to normal as possible is worth the time and effort. Rigorous blood sugar control can enable you to delay or even prevent the progression of diabetes and its debilitating long-term complications.
The treatment regimens needed to achieve and maintain near-normal, or “tight,” blood sugar control differ for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 treatment centers on replacing insulin to offset the body’s inability to produce it. Type 2 treatment typically relies on exercise, weight loss, and one or more medications to overcome insulin resistance and compensate for the insulin shortfall. Insulin injections, though, may become necessary. Most people with type 2 diabetes also have the added burden of managing one or more other conditions, such as obesity, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol. Your treatment goal, regardless of which type of diabetes you have, is to keep your blood sugar levels as close to normal as possible to prevent damage to your eyes, kidneys, heart, nerves, and blood vessels.
LOW GI eating - Now helping with inflammation - what next
Rarely do I hear or read something from the Medical world that elicits a large YES - maybe they have got the message. Eating LOW GI is the only way eat long term. Doing anything else is plain stupid and will shorten your life and damage your health. Just to hear ‘authors recommend a diet rich in minimally processed, high-fibre, plant-based foods, including vegetables and fruits, whole grains, legumes, and nuts’ is great news and in the next sentence to hear the talking about every meal having small servings of lean protein - oh boy have they heard the message - i hope so. I’ve been saying this for 8 years now and I’m encouraged. To hear them openly talk about high Glucose levels effectively triggering oxidative stress is another milestone.
Read the entire article below and let it sink in.
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January 23, 2008 — Dietary and lifestyle strategies for improving postprandial glucose, lipid profile, markers of inflammation, and cardiovascular health are reviewed in a state-of-the-art paper reported in the January 22 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.“The highly processed, calorie-dense, nutrient-depleted diet favored in the current American culture frequently leads to exaggerated supraphysiological post-prandial spikes in blood glucose and lipids,” write James H. O’Keefe, MD, from the Mid America Heart Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City, and colleagues. “This state, called post-prandial dysmetabolism, induces immediate oxidant stress, which increases in direct proportion to the increases in glucose and triglycerides after a meal. The transient increase in free radicals acutely triggers atherogenic changes including inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, hypercoagulability, and sympathetic hyperactivity.”
Even in individuals without diabetes, postprandial dysmetabolism independently predicts future cardiovascular events. Dietary improvements are associated with dramatic and immediate benefits in postprandial dysmetabolism.
To attenuate the increase in glucose, triglycerides, and inflammation after a meal, the review authors recommend a diet rich in minimally processed, high-fiber, plant-based foods, including vegetables and fruits, whole grains, legumes, and nuts. Other dietary interventions that can significantly ameliorate postprandial dysmetabolism include intake of lean protein, vinegar, fish oil, tea, and cinnamon. Additional benefits may result from calorie restriction, weight loss, exercise, and low-dose to moderate-dose alcohol.
Hair Loss - Low GI Diet?
Hi I’m a great devotee of the Low GI diet and have been for years - it is one of our threads in our quest to stay healthy. I was surprised when i read that a Low GI diet not only helps keep weight in the normal range but may also aid hair restoration. But once again when i read about what sucrose does to the body in my last post i realised that it also affects the hormonal system - hence the link with hair loss. Want to keep your hair - go Low GI, want to get pregnant - go Low GI, want to lose weight - go low GI. In fact if you want to live long and prosper - go Low GI
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Trehalose - the safe sugarHow can I prevent hair loss?
Thinning hair isn’t just a problem for men—like many women, Kristin is experiencing hair loss. “I want to know how to slow it down, how to prevent it, and what are my options to try to get the thickness back,” she says.
Dr. Northrup says that Kristin’s thinning hair may be a result of a hormonal imbalance. “You can get it back by eating a low-glycemic diet, making sure that you are on supplements,” she says.
According to Dr. Northrup, glycemic foods can cause dramatic changes in the body. “One of the things that often happens in mid-life to people is if they have a lot of stress hormones in their system and they’re eating a high-glycemic diet, and the high insulin is in their blood from the high sugar … that actually changes the way hormones are metabolized. So you actually begin to shoot your estrogen and progesterone into androgen-like substances that produce male pattern baldness in women. Have you seen this—where [women] start to get a beard and they get thinning of the hair at the temples and so on?”
Other than a low-glycemic diet, Dr. Northrup has one other recommendation for thinning hair. “Acupuncture can be very, very helpful for it,” she says.
Fructose - Glucose - Sucrose = Villains?
Hi – if you are a regular reader of this blog you’ll know that one of my over riding themes is diabetes and poor understanding of the causes. Occasionally you get one of those ‘aha moments’ which just suggest further linkage. This article discusses the fructose-diabetes-High Fructose Corn Syrup-Sucrose linkage and surprisingly comes up with another item I’ve talked about Nitric Oxide (NO) and blood circulation. It would appear that NO and Diabetes are linked by the thread – Fructose leads to increased Uric Acid – high levels of Uric Acid – reduce Nitric Oxide levels – low levels of Nitric Oxide reduce the effectiveness of Insulin – and that leads to Insulin resistance and Metabolic Syndrome. OK – why is this interesting? I’ve just had a blood test with high levels of uric acid –in fact my Dr thinks it is why I’m getting some joint pain like Gout. I have been looking at ways of reducing the Uric acid levels by diet but never linked up all the above. Increase the NO levels in the blood by diet (see my article on NO and L-Arginnine), decrease the levels of high fructose corn syrup and decrease the amounts of glucose – see the article on Trehalose. Boy is this interesting. If you want an alternative to Glucose, Sucrose and Fructose - try Trehalose
This is so interesting I need to make a short video of the linkages.
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Trehalose - the safe sugarJanuary 17, 2008
Fructose Called Most Dangerous Sugar
Corn syrup is Americans’ major dietary source; Findings add evidence to indictment of excess intake of all forms of sugar
by Craig WeatherbyThe Greatest Tragedy of All Time
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Trehalose - the safe sugarForesight Report On Obesity
The Foresight report, while stating the obvious, is a welcome study of the trends that are affecting our wester diet and lifestyle - but and there is always a but. Who will read the report and more importantly can government and the food industry actually change behaviour - I think it is unlikely. My feeling is that an enormous proportion of the west’s population is now committed to a self indulgent, ostrich like existence that believes either there is no point in making any changes or that any changes are futile. The slope we are sitting on is slippery and comfortable but we are inexorably sliding towards an obesity epidemic, a diabetes epidemic and a chronic illness epidemic that will ultimately demand rationing of health care resources. I read in a book recently by Marcus Buckingham (the Galup Organisation) that the choices we make today inevitably detrmine our future - if only we could see it. The slight Edge by Jeff Olson talks about the small choices we make every day being what influences our future - we don’t get sick today by making one bad choice - they accumulate over years. We do have a choice - but we have to act from a place of education not ignorance and comfort.
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Over half Obese by 2050
I’ve often wondered if the data collected in these studies and extrapolated into the future is a reliable way to predict the future? The UK Government is now suggesting that by 2050 over half the UK population will be clinically obese. What does that really mean? Is it meant to scare us into action? Is it meant to absolve them of any responsibility? Is it designed to encourage the pharmaceutical lobby to come up with solutions? So many questions and so few answers.
lets get on thing straight. I think the figures are probably an underestimate. Just look at the number of children, as young as 2 and 3 years old, who are already obese. We have to get back to what are the root causes and deal with them from within the family - after all who trusts what the Government tells us anymore.
It is all about personal responsibility and family values. There is a gene defect that causes people to put on weight but it is over used as an excuse to be obese.
Some simple rules (ok suggestions):
1. don’t eat highly processed food at every meal.
2. take more exercise - 10 minute walk every day is a good start.
3. avoid simple starch like the plague it is. By the way alcohol is classified as simple carbohydrate and is a real killer.
Enough then to be going on with. Seriously implement the above 3 ideas and the weight will fall off slowly and you’ll get your health back. You might even get your life back.
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