What GI or Glycemic Index Foods Really mean for Your Health
Have you ever been advised to follow a Glycemic Index (GI) food monitoring diet or low GI maybe. If so, you're not alone, but what do they really mean for your health.
What if your Doctor and Nutritionist is wrong. All wrong.
What if the advice and time you invested in has no validity and is not the strategy to meet your objectives. Feeling burnt?
GI objectives include weight loss, weight gain, inflammation and wellbeing baseline goals. Interestingly, there's no easy answer, however looking at the evidence, challenges and discussions need to held on the promotion on the adoption of GI movements or diets.
Low GI
Health trainers across the world promote something called a low GI strategy for their clients to assist with weight loss goals and aspirations. So, do low GI diets really work? And how about GL? What do Glycemic Index foods really mean for your health and well being. To understand this we let's start by going back to basics.
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The Glycemic Index (GI)
Low GI, High GI, they sit on a scale called the Glycemic Index, no surprises there I hope.
This simply measures the effect of carbohydrates, specifically the rate that they are absorbed into the blood stream.
Glycemic load (GL)
When you hear GL, this means the quality and quantity of carbohydrates. Therefore GL leads into the choices of carbohydrates for weight loss or weight gain goals.
Glycemic strategy debunked
In the Canadian Journal of Diabetes, and IN review of fifteen hundred plus individuals that had obesity or weight issues showed that a low GI diet did not have an effect on weight loss more so than high GI plans.
GI diets and chronic inflammation
Studies have shown no difference worth noting in inflammation levels between low and high GI intake. The levels of cytokines were shown not to reflect levels that can justify promotion of GI health plans for reductions in inflammation.
GI in summary
To take a view on the rituals and practices from a number of health professionals, personal trainers and nutritionists. Whom from the evidence have have at times misinformed clients on the benefits of GI food intake. We can summarise and yes there's more to it that this surface level overview, however concentration on low GI and high GI practices alone do not have significant results between them to make a singular health claim on there effects.
