|
|
Low Glycemic DietLet’s look at why a low glycemic diet works to maintain healthy weight and active lifestyle. When many people approach the midlife some start to experience many issues pertaining to their weight. Usually your metabolism slows down and you start to experience weight gain extra weight around the mid section. As you probably know this is unhealthy and can lead to other risks such as diabetes and heart disease. With so many fad diets and products that claim that you can take their magic diet pill is hard to know which programs work and which are just “fluff.” Let’s keep it as simple as possible. Let’s just say know that it boils down to diet and exercise. The question is which diet. The answer is a low glycemic diet will promote long term health and produce long lasting changes. Many people in today’s fast paced world don’t have time to eat right and end up eating many highly refined processed foods that are high in saturated fat. Not only do they offer little nutritional value, but they raise your blood sugar to unhealthy levels. They spike also results in insulin being released into your blood stream to digest the sugars. The result from this over production of insulin is glycemic shock which causes your body to release other hormones to counteract these high insulin levels. The resulting “crash” is a feeling of hunger and irritability, and a craving to raise your blood sugar level again. This leads to poor choices in diet since you are giving your body what it craves at that moment. However, you’re are fixing a short term problem and promoting a long term one. The solution is a low glycemic diet that raises your blood sugar slowly so you body can manage the rise in blood sugar levels better. Yes, fruits and vegetables contain healthy sugars that do what we need. They also offer more nutrition like vitamins and minerals. If you still do not believe this is the best way to go, let’s look at why diets fail. |