Just when you started to get a handle on the glycemic index (GI) of foods, there's another value to grasp — glycemic load (GL). The GI ranks specific carbohydrates from zero to 100, based on the rate in which they affect your blood sugar levels. A GI of 1 to 55 is low, 56 to 69 is medium, and 70 to 100 is high — these high-ranking foods should be limited. Glycemic load measures the Read more

Deciding what to eat before hitting the gym isn't always easy, but new research might help narrow down your choices. Before grabbing a pre-workout snack consider that what you put in your mouth could determine how much fat you burn while exercising. New research, involving female subjects averaging 24 years in age, shows that a low-glycemic meal causes you to burn about 50 percent more fat Read more

If you don't know much about the glycemic index (GI), it could be affecting your health. The GI ranks specific carbohydrates from zero to 100, based on how they affect your blood sugar levels after eating them. Typically, eating foods that have a high GI (such as white bread and soda) causes a spike in blood sugar levels. When you consume these foods, you may feel a surge of get-up-and-go at Read more

Command central of the body, a healthy brain is vital for a healthy life. Of course you want to take care of your gray matter, and one way to do that is to feed it well. Your brain eats up 20 percent of your daily calories, so use these four tips to stay sharp. In every meal, include healthy carbs such as fruits, veggies, and whole grains. These fuel your brain with the glucose it Read more

When it comes to corn chips, I am game for any color - yellow, white, or blue. Now, I have a valid reason to go blue. New research indicates that blue corn is more nutritious than its white counterpart. Researchers from south of the Rio Grande have found blue corn to contain 20 percent more protein than white corn. Not only that, but blue corn also contains less starch and a lower glycemic Read more

Lentils are my favorite legume by far -- I just love their creamy taste. So you can imagine I was more than thrilled when I read the good news on lentils. An Australian review reports that eating foods like lentils with a long, gentle release of sugar -- a low-glycemic index -- may help people lose weight. So fire up the stove and cook up some yummy lentil soup. Source Read more

We've all been programmed to think of carbs as the bad guy but not all carbs are bad. However, carbs that spike blood sugar can possibly raise your risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, not to mention possibly cancer, acne and Alzheimer's and can cause weight gain. Carbs low on the Glycemic Index (GI) are the good carbs that produce only small fluctuations in our blood glucose and insulin Read more