Why a Low GI Diet is the right diet

Whether you’re looking to lose weight, control your weight or just be more healthy, a Low GI Diet is well worth considering.

Unlike other diet strategies which end-up being fads, Glycemic Index diets and foods are part of the mainstream nutritional advice for weightloss. Importantly, Low GI is just one of a few ideas to keep in mind when looking to manage weight or be healthy.

The other ideas include ensuring you eat more and more fresh, natural, unprocessed foods and simply move more – get out and about and move your body.

What’s a Low GI Diet?

The glycemic index, or GI, is simply a numerical description how much the carbohydrates in foods affect blood glucose levels (glycemia).

The glycemic index ranks foods from 0 to 100.

Foods with a high GI ranking contain carbohydrates that cause a dramatic rise in blood glucose levels. Foods with a low GI value have carbohydrates with much less impact.

Why GI for weightloss?

Low GI foods have two major advantages for people trying to lose or control their weight:

• They fill you up and keep you satisfied for longer than high GI foods.
• They raise your metabolic rate higher by reducing insulin levels and helping you burn more body fat and less muscle.

These two reasons alone present a great case for low glycemic index diets. Here’s another.

All in good taste

We all know the issue with losing weight isn’t so much with losing weight. It’s keeping it off.

From experience, most diets, detoxes or diet programs are impossible to maintain over the medium to long term. Just too many rules and not much fun.

A Low GI Diet is a yummy way to lose weight

Low GI foods, on the other hand, are easy to find and lovely to eat. For starters:

Low GI foods
All vegetables

Most fruits (only watermelon is high on the glycemic index)

Low fat dairy products

Grainy bread

Medium GI foods
Honey

Basmati rice

Muesli

Case Closed

The closing argument for why a Low GI Diet is right for you is this: these foods will fill you up for longer so you snack less. Do you think snacking less will help you lose weight?

Enjoy!