Are Rice Cakes Diet Food?
WHAT IS THE GLYCEMIC INDEX? The Glycemic Index (GI) is a measure of how much a carbohydrate food raises blood glucose in your body. Foods with high GIs raise blood glucose levels more than foods with low GIs. CARBOHYDRATE FOODS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL! Whole food carbohydrates such as vegetables have low Gl values, while foods containing processed flours and sugars have high GI values. A donut raises your blood glucose levels much faster and much higher than a cup of broccoli. SO WHAT? Excess sugar in your system causes your pancreas to secrete insulin. Insulin brings your blood sugar down primarily by converting the excess sugar to stored fat. This means the donut doesn’t just make you fat because it of its high calories, it also spikes your insulin levels and causes your body to go into “fat-storing” mode. In fact, that donut dumps sugar into your system so fast that your pancreas is likely to secrete too much insulin, resulting in an energy “crash” and increased hunger! (When your ins
