According to “Low GI diets ‘help obese to lose weight”:
Obese people desperate to lose their excess flab could speed up their weight loss by switching to a low glycaemic index (GI) diet, new research shows.
Scientists from Sydney’s Westmead Hospital have found that obese dieters lose an average of one kilogram more than those on conventional diets by eating low GI foods such as lentils, low-fat yoghurt and pasta.
What are low glycemic index (GI) foods?
The glycemic index (also glycaemic index, GI) is a ranking system for carbohydrates based on their effect on blood glucose levels. Carbohydrates that break down rapidly during digestion have the highest glycemic indices. Carbohydrates that break down slowly, releasing glucose gradually into the blood stream, have a low glycemic index.
A lower glycemic index suggests slower rates of digestion and absorption of the sugars and starches in the foods and may also indicate greater extraction from the liver and periphery of the products of carbohydrate digestion.
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