This is the intro to the series of food indexes that I will be discussing over the next few months. It is important to note that the generalized claims we make, despite being your best protocol for good foods to eat, can be deceitful. We make several generalizations like: don't eat starchy foods; stay away from refined white flour based products; or only eat foods that come from nature. For the most part these are true, but these are only simplifications to make things easier. In the end, the Glycemic Index is your best resource. For example, a potato comes from the ground so we would think it is a nutrient rich meal that suits our diet program perfectly. Unfortunately, besides the skin of the potato, it is almost entirely made of starch that will easily breakdown into loads of sugar in your bloodstream. Hence, potatoes, excluding sweet potatoes, display a very high GI index number.
Within this segment we will examine the pitfalls of the glycemic index and the american tendencies (over-eating) that contradict it. You know what they say, "Too much of a good thing is bad."
So buckle up and lets crack the code that is The Glycemic Index!!!
So buckle up and lets crack the code that is The Glycemic Index!!!