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The
GI plan Diet
Gi
Diet Review
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Every few years we’re
having new “celebrity slimming frenzy”. This time
the diet which grabs the media’s attention is The GI Plan
Diet.
What
is the main concept of the diet?
At
first it was presented by
professor of nutrition Dr. David Jenkins. The main concept which the
diet is built on is how fast different carbohydrates break down to be
digested and affect sugar levels in blood. It turns out that many sugar
food increases blood sugar levels less than starchy food.
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What
is GI
or Glycemic
Index?
The
Results of the research are
used as basis for creation of Glycemic Index,
GI , in which food is
ranked by his effect on blood sugar levels. GI is ranged 0 to 100 and
glucose is at the top with value of 100. Food with GI value 55 or less
are placed in the lowest category, GI 56 to 69 medium category and 70
to 100 is high category.
What
is the theory behind the diet?
According
to the theory food
with low GI value is decomposed and releases sugar to blood slowly and
provide steady supply of energy to the human body. Thus feeling of
hunger is satisfied for longer period of time contrary to food with
high GI value which are decomposed and digested faster and leaving the
body with a feeling of hunger. There is nothing wrong with hunger but
result of looking for a snack.
The
GI Plan Diet is about to
consume a plenty of food with Low GI value.
The
next part of the GI Plan
diet is to combine the original glycemic index with a ranking based on
the calorie content of each food.
It’s
interesting to
find out that in Glycemic Index Chocolate has a LOW GI value in
contrary with “Healthy” rice cakes and brain flakes
have High GI value.
GI
Plan diet recommends cutting
the fat amounts and a specially saturated one. That means that the same
chocolate is still limited as milk or crisps too.
It’s
not quite clear
right? The fact is protein and fat affect carbohydrate absorption in
the body. Although chocolate with high content of fat is marked as low
GI. Low-fat jacked potatoes have higher GI than high fat crisps. Milk
is packed with protein and fat and has low GI. Nevertheless, GI Plans
advice to avoid consumption of fats – skimmed milk is
preferred over whole milk.
What
are the guidelines of the diet?
The
guideline of The Gi Plan
Diet is – the more low GI foods in male, lower the overall GI
value.
However,
the calculations
aren’t always so simple. It becomes too difficult to
calculate when the meal contains high and low GI value food. In fact
the limitation of the GI diet plan is to identify exact GI value of the
meal consumed.
When
you fololw the diet you have to cut saturated fats from your meals,
means less chips and chocolate.
You
have to avoid cookies and biscuits with high GI index, soft drinks and
lollies. Instead you may have some other low GI snaks as: Hummus with
bread or low fat yoghurt, or smoothie made from fruits, low fat milk or
yoghurt, or best - you may have fruit salad.
How
the diet is structured?
The
GI Plan Diet just like
other diets has 3 phases:
The First phase
– Lasts 2 weeks. During this period women has to consume food
in 17 points worth and men 22 points. Carbs and calories in the food
are summed to provide total of pints in the food. The dieter is free to
consume any food as long as number of the points is untouched.
The second phase
– On this phase pounds are shaded off and it last longer than
2 weeks. Food consumed is raised to 20 points for women and 25 for men.
The third phase
– It starts once the dieter reaches weight loss goal. The aim
of this phase is to maintain the weight achieved.
What
is the expected weight loss rate in the diet?
During
this diet regimen
it’s expected to achieve weight loss rate of about 2 pound
per week. The first 2 weeks may provide more significant weight loss.
This
behavior is known as
normal response of the body during diet regimen and usually lasts until
starvation mode appears.
What are Pro's?
GI
plan diet basically is healthy dietand easy to follow diet which
teaches you how to differ varios carbohidrates and preffer those which
are healthier with Lower GI index.
When
you follow the diet plan you probably will achive even blood sugar
level.
The
diet doesn't require consuming of special high cost ingredients and
foods may sourced easily and can be eaten by whole family.
What are Con's?
It's
little bit confuzing whole thing with GI index calculations and this
could be the main reason to cause the diet misinterpretation. White
rice is labeled as high GI and so watermelon too, when chips or
chocolate hava low GI - this might cause to people to assume that
eating chips and chocolate is allowed without any restrictions.
It's
hard to understand how insulin and its levels in the blood may
affect metabolism and this might cause some confuze in order to
understand whole theory which the diet is based up.
Read
more about The GI Plan
Diet ...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/GI-Plan-Forever-Previously-published/dp/0091900093
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/gi_diet.htm
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/gi_diet/sample_plan.htm
http://www.annecollins.com/low-glycemic-index-diet.htm
http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/gi-diet.shtml
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