Low GI Diet 12-Week Action Plan
March 16, 2009 by admin
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The Low GI Diet – 12 Week Action Plan is a healthy, low glycemic index, weightloss, carbohydrate-controlled diet. Discover how making the right Low Glycemic Diet choices can help you feel fuller for longer and increase your energy levels making weight loss achievable and sustainable. Develop a lifetime of healthy eating habits that can help you achieve optimum health while protecting against illness and disease.
This guide explains how you can best use the Glycemic Index for effective weight loss – how to lose weight and keep it off! It explains the difference between different carbohydrates and how low Glycemic foods can help you feel fuller longer, burn body fat, and maintain healthy lifelong eating habits.
Included you’ll find:
- 12 weeks of menus tailored to your weight and activity level
- 12 weeks of easy-to-follow aerobic and resistance exercises that will take just 30 mins a day
- Tips to help you maintain weight loss for life
- Tips to control your appetite
- Delicious recipes and meal plans
- The Glycemic Index tables with the Glycemic Index values of all your favourite foods.
The result: A slimmer, fitter, healthier you for the rest of your life!
Brought to you by the author of the worldwide bestselling The New Glucose Revolution series on the glycemic index. Start losing weight and improving your overall health today.
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Glycemic Index List of Foods
March 16, 2009 by admin
Filed under What is Glycemic Index?
A low glycemic index diet is one of the best ways to look after your health, and lose excess weight effectively and naturally. The weight reduced through a low GI diet approach is safe, and you won’t find yourself needing to starve on just carrots and lettuce! The glycemic index ranks the foods from 0–100 according to the speed at which they effect your blood sugar levels in the 2 or 3 hours after eating. In the glycemic index list of foods, the foods with a glycemic index value below 55 are low GI foods, foods ranking 55–70 are moderate GI foods, and foods with a GI value 70–100 are high GI foods.
- High GI (70-100) Carbohydrates which break down quickly during digestion, releasing blood sugar rapidly into the bloodstream – causing marked fluctuations in blood sugar levels.
- Medium GI (56-69) Carbohydrates which break down moderately during digestion, releasing blood sugar moderately into the bloodstream.
- Low GI (0-55) Carbohydrates which break down slowly during digestion, releasing blood sugar gradually into the bloodstream – keeping blood sugar levels steady … and so provide you with the best health benefits!
Low GI foods are often the ones with “good” carbohydrates, low fat, high dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals. These foods help in keeping the blood sugar levels stable, are beneficial for sports persons, diabetics, people with coronary heart disease, those wanting to lose weight … and really just about everyone!
But … one word of warning … watch out for companies branding their products with “Low GI” labels. Just because a food is low GI, doesn’t necessarily make it a good food! Some foods may have a low GI, but may be high in “bad” fats, or are high in additives, flavourings, colourings, or preservatives. Always check the full ingredients list! … And also ensure that a large proportion of the foods that you eat are as minimally processed as possible!
When referring to any GI Food List, please remember that the numbers aren’t absolute and should serve as a guide only. The impact any particular food will have on your blood sugar levels on any given day will depend on many other factors such as ripeness, cooking time, product brand, fibre and fat content, time of day, blood insulin levels, and recent activity. Use the Glycemic Index as just one of the many tools you have available to improve your control.
Also check out Low GI Diet Tips to help make a low GI diet lifestyle easier to follow!
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Glycemic Index List of Foods
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Glycemic Index Food List
The glycemic index ratings of individual foods will vary according to ripeness, variety, product brand, specific ingredients used, cooking times, and GI testing procedures. This will explain the variation you may see amongst different GI Food Lists.
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