IF YOU FORGOT about the glycemic index after learning about it in middle school health class—there might be a reason. “The lower the GI number, the slower and smaller release of blood sugar in the ...

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Remember Atkins and South Beach? Of course you do! Those diet regimens, with their emphasis on low carbs and high proteins, have been all the rage with millions of Americans looking to become slimmer ...

It's no surprise that simple sugars and refined carbs aren't great for weight loss; they are usually filled with empty calories and can spike your blood sugar, which can leave you feeling hungrier ...

The way a food affects your blood sugar — the concentration of glucose in your blood — matters. In the short term, a meal that rapidly raises your blood sugar triggers the release of insulin, which ...

In the Battle of the Fad Diets, There Is No Clear Winner In a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, diets with low glycemic index of dietary carbohydrate do not ...

When you're at the mercy of blood sugar swings, you feel happy and full of energy one moment and then brain-foggy, exhausted and cranky the next. And if you have chronically high blood sugar due to ...

BOSTON — (Sept. 26, 2007) In work investigating the reproducibility of glycemic index values, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA ...

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The glycemic index (GI): some people live by it, and others completely dismiss it. It has been around since 1981, and controversy still rages about its use and effectiveness. So what exactly is the ...

Researchers are reporting that multiple glycemic index value determinations using a simple test food, white bread, resulted in a relatively high level of inter-individual and intra-individual ...