In the February 2006 edition of the British Journal of Nutrition Dr. Elizabeth Mayer-Davis reported on a study that showed people eating a low-glycemic diet had the same kind of blood sugar problems as those who ate freely. ?So much for another one-size-fits-all solution to health and diet. ?Low-glycemic diets are designed to slow the rush of sugar into the bloodstream. ?Unfortunately, there?s a lot more going on in your body and mine than a single number that tells us how sweet our blood is at the moment. ?Diet success has to include lots of other factors. ?Dare I say, exercise?
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The glycemic index (GI) ?classifies carbohydrates based on their effect on blood sugar levels. High-GI foods, like white bread and potatoes, tend to produce a quick surge in blood sugar, and some studies have suggested that these foods can contribute to weight gain, diabetes and heart disease.? Books and Web sites espousing "low-GI" diets have followed suit.
Not all studies have found that high-GI foods elevate blood sugar and increase the incidence of diabetes. One reason is that lab findings on glycemic index don?t have anything to do with everyday eating, according to Dr. Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, the lead author of the new study.
A food's GI is determined under artificial conditions where a person eats the test food after a fast, then has blood sugar tests taken two hours later. But there?s a whole lot more going on in the body than the two-hour blood test findings can show.? Many factors sway blood sugar levels after a meal, according to Mayer-Davis, a diabetes researcher at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. These include cooking time, the foods it is eaten along with, and the workings of an individual's hormones, among other things. In her team's study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, there was no association between high-GI eating habits and elevated blood sugar among 813 adults who were followed over 5 years.
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We began work on the Better Body Brighter Mind System? several years ago to attack all the factors that contribute to weight gain, diabetes and heart disease.? The Precision Mix? Eating Plan addresses all the factors that come into play with foods including:
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