Alternative Health – How Do Low GI Foods and High Fiber Foods Help Control Your Hunger?
Eating food based on the glycemic index helps reduce your risk of chronic health conditions which include type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, allergies… and more. Eating mostly low glycemic, high quality carbohydrates will help control your hunger and therefore help you with weight loss. Usually protein and fat do not increase your blood sugar levels… but be careful here as maybe they will increase your weight. The glycemic index rates carbohydrate foods according to how quickly blood sugar levels increase in the two to three hour period after eating carbohydrates. Low GI foods are rated 0 through 55 on the glycemic index scale. The scale goes from 0 all the way to 100 although some foods can be higher than 100. The glycemic index scale is only for carbohydrate foods. Low GI foods are foods such as: • vegetables such as celery, tomatoes, spinach, lettuce, artichokes, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, radishes, onions, garlic, string beans, okra, carrots and other non
