There are a lot of foods on the low end of the glycemic index. Some are not going to surprise you. Some will.
Like peanuts?
Good news, nuts in general and peanuts in particular are good choices.
Peanuts rank at 14 on the index.
And in addition to being low glycemically, also a source of healthy oils – The fats your body needs.
Like yogurt?
Low fat, sweetened yogurt also ranks low at 14 Cool!
There are plenty of foods that rank low on the glycemic index.
It’s in this category you’ll find some the healthiest and most filling foods.
A vegetables are low glycemically.
Artichokes, Asparagus, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Celery, Cucumber, Eggplant, Green beans . . all come in at 15.
These are foods that are digested slowly by your body.
This means they don’t cause a spike in your blood sugar.
These veggies also have the phyto-nutrients and anti-oxidants your body needs so they are double desirable when planning your meals.
Now while most vegetables and fruits rank low on the glycemic index it’s not universal.
Carrots for example rank relatively high as does corn, but that said they are still within the low range of foods and are much better than some foods you may think are good for your diet, like corn flakes or rice cakes.
Most fruits are in middle of the low range on the glycemic index.
While fruits tend to have a high level of fructose, a type of simple sugar, it takes you body a while to break it down and convert it into glucose.
The result is that most fruits are good choices.
Two exceptions are bananas and pineapple which tend to rank in upper reaches of the moderate range.
These foods are not prohibited in the glycemic index diet, but should be eaten in moderation and also in combination with other lower ranked foods.
And here is the best aspect of the glycemic index diet for many.
Small amounts of moderate and even highly glycemic foods when mixed with lower glycemic foods can be incorporated into the diet.
This means that favorite foods need not be totally eliminated. This helps avoid cravings that can doom some people’s diets.
The glycemic index diet may seem a bit strange at first, and may be a bit more intellectually challenging if you want to fully understand all the scientific aspects of the underlying body functions that make it work, while other diets fail.
That said, it’s relatively easy to start, by eliminating some of the high glycemic foods first.
These will surprise you as you discover many items you thought were good diet foods turn out to be problematic.
Once you have grasped the main aspects of the diet, and incorporate them into your meal plans, you will soon see dramatic results.
While portion size and other considerations remain. If you do nothing else but eliminate the high glycemic index foods and substitute lower index items for them, the results will show on your personal scale, and on you.
Losing weight can be easy when you understand the ins and outs of the Glycemic Index diet.
