Glycemic Index Diet

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When one gets deeper and deeper into the world of Dieting, one starts hearing terminology, many of which sounds more from the world of the armed forces, drop out.  GI is one of those. GI is a short form for the term Glycemic Index which is a means of measuring the impact of food in the levels of blood sugar. On consuming foods with higher GI the blood sugar levels rise up very quickly in the body. While on the other hand, for the people who are on a GI diet shall control the blood sugar levels for longer durations of time. 

There are two basic disadvantages of over-consumption of high GI foods:
1. High GI foods provide energy but this energy is not long lasting and is followed by an energy lull. The person gets hungry and desires to eat more.
2. On consuming high GI foods body gets instant energy in the blood. The body then does not make use of stored energy in the form of fats and in turn leading to difficulties in losing weight.

The GI diet helps in weight loss in many ways. On eating meals with low GI the dieter feels less hungry which means the person is able to control his food cravings. The dieter is able to fulfill needs of the body as desire for snacking and over eating reduces to a great extent. Dieters on a GI diet eat meals which contain low GI and keep away from high GI foods. Nevertheless combining higher GI food with lower GI foods keeps complete GI level of the meal balanced. Low GI necessarily doesn’t mean low fat so dieters should keep a check on their fat content regularly.

For all those on a GI diet there is no restriction on any kind of food the only secret of success here is consuming more low GI foods than high GI foods. Try to control their tendency to over eat and can be achieved through the GI diet. It is essential to keep a check on the portion sizes of the meals and try keeping them at a low as far as possible.

Here are some practical suggestions for living through a low GI diet:

Staples: Dieter don’t have to sacrifice any staples and can consume Pasta, sweet potatoes, white long grain rice, linseed breads which low GI staples. 

Snacks: The aim of low GI diet is to make one feel less hungry so that their snacking reduces. If one feels like nibbling some snacks in between they can have snacks in restricted quantities.

Keep this in mind while you consider your diet plans.