Weight Loss & Diet Details
The glycemic index
factor is a ranking of carbohydrate-rich foods based on their overall effect on
plasma levels of glucose. Foods with a low glycemic index, such as lentils
provide a steady source of glucose more slowly into the bloodstream and,
thereby stimulating less insulin release from foods with high glycemic index
such as white bread.
The glycemic load is
the product matematicodel glycemic index and the amount of carbohydrates.
In a randomized controlled study that compared four diets that varied in
carbohydrate amount and glycemic index found complicated results.
Diet 1 and 2 were
high in carbohydrates (55% of total energy consumption)
or Diet 1 was
high-glycemic index
or Diet 2 was low
Glycemic Index
Diet 3 and 4 were high protein (25% of total energy consumption)
or Diet 3 was
high-glycemic index
and Diet 4 was low
Glycemic Index
In diets 2 and 3 lost
the most weight and fat mass, but low-density lipoproteins decreased in the
diet increased two and three in the diet. Therefore the authors concluded that
diets high in carbohydrates with low glycemic index were the most favorable.
A meta-analysis by the Cochrane Collaboration concluded that low-glycemic index
diets or low loads and shows lead to more weight loss and improved lipid
profile. However, the low glycemic index diets and low load and cynical were
grouped together and no attempt was made to separate the effect of the load
versus the index.
