| Okay, the first couple of paragraphs
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| | levels, and the person's health to name a
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| might sound slightly complicated, but it
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| | few. Additionally, since few foods are
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| gets easier after that. Bear with me.By
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| | eaten alone, it is difficult to estimate
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| definition, the glycemic index (sometimes
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| | the GI of a combined dish or meal.Despite
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| abbreviated GI) is a way of ranking
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| | these drawbacks, the GI of a food or a
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| carbohydrates based on the short-term or
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| | meal can be estimated with some accuracy,
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| immediate effect they have on your blood
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| | and with proper knowledge of the GI of
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| glucose level. When carbohydrates break
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| | various foods, a diet can be constructed
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| down rapidly they are given a higher
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| | that will help an individual lose weight
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| glycemic index than those that break down
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| | while maintaining health. There are
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| more slowly. Those with a high GI are
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| | charts, graphs, and even weight loss
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| digested more rapidly and encourage a
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| | programs that have ranked and ordered
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| rapid increase in blood glucose while
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| | foods and meals by their GI and can
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| those with a low GI are digested more
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| | present these to the consumer as a
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| slowly and release glucose into the blood
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| | finished package, product, or reference.
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| stream more gradually.The glycemic index
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| | Some well known weight loss programs
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| of a food is expressed as a number. This
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| | which use the GI of foods to construct
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| number can be arrived at a couple of
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| | their eating plans and products are the
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| different ways, but in all cases, some
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| | South Beach Diet, the Atkins Diet, and
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| food, often glucose itself, is considered
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| | the Nutrisystem Weight Loss Program.FOODS
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| to be 100. In some cases, researchers
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| | WITH A LOW GLYCEMIC INDEXAs might be
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| may assign another food a value of 100 so
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| | suspected, foods with lower GI's include
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| that they can compare a particular diet
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| | most common fruits and vegetables, drinks
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| to that particular food...perhaps a food
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| | and juices made from fruits and
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| that is a staple in the diet being
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| | vegetables, whole grain breads, eggs,
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| examined.WHAT THE GLYCEMIC INDEX MEANS
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| | most dairy products, fish, poultry
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| FOR YOUAs we said, foods with a low GI
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| | and...oh happy day...chocolate. Low GI
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| take longer to digest and release glucose
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| | foods are generally considered to be
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| into the blood stream more slowly than
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| | those with a GI of 55 or lower.GOOD CARB
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| foods with a high GI. Regular and
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| | VS. BAD CARB OR GLYCEMIC INDEXGenerally
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| sustained consumption of high GI foods
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| | speaking, "bad" carbs tend to be foods
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| has been linked to an increase in obesity
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| | with a high GI, while "good" carbs are
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| and the development of metabolic
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| | foods with a low GI. As can be seen from
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| disturbances. In fact, testing seems to
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| | the list above, choosing healthy
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| show a link between weight loss, or at
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| | carbohydrates, or low GI foods, does not
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| least weight management, and a diet which
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| | have to be a chore. It is simpler for an
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| relies heavily on low GI foods. Studies
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| | individual to begin substituting healthy,
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| also seem to show that there are other
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| | low GI, foods and snacks for higher GI
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| positive health effects as well in
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| | foods such as extra slices of cake, white
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| addition to the improvement in health
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| | bread, refined rice, foods sweetened with
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| that may occur as a result of healthy
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| | sugar, and potato chips, than to try to
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| weight loss.Eating a low GI diet over an
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| | subsist on many of the eating plans
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| extended time seems to result in a lower
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| | offered by fad diets.Donovan Baldwin is a
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| risk of Type II Diabetes and coronary
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| | Dallas area writer. A graduate of the
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| heart disease. A low GI diet may also
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| | University Of West Florida (1973) with a
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| lower risk of atherosclerosis.PROBLEMS
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| | BA in accounting, he is a member of Mensa
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| WITH CHOOSING A LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX
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| | and has held several managerial
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| DIETWhile a close approximation to the GI
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| | positions. He has written poetry and
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| of a food can be given, actual GI of that
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| | essays for his own use, and instructional
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| food may depend on a range of factors,
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| | media in many of the positions he held.
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| including how ripe it is, how long it has
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| | After his retirement from the U. S. Army
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| been stored, where it was grown, and the
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| | in 1995, he began writing articles on
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| processing it has undergone. The GI of a
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| | various subjects for websites he owned as
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| food may actually fluctuate from
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| | well as for use by other webmasters. He
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| individual to individual, and even within
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| | has a keen interest in health, fitness,
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| the same individual depending on factors
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| | diet, and weight loss.
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| such as time of day, blood glucose
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