IF YOU FORGOT about the glycemic index after learning about it in middle school health class—there might be a reason. “The lower the GI number, the slower and smaller release of blood sugar in the ...

When you're at the mercy of blood sugar swings, you feel happy and full of energy one moment and then brain-foggy, exhausted and cranky the next. And if you have chronically high blood sugar due to ...

Low-glycemic foods are a key component of overall wellness — they are digested and absorbed more slowly, meaning that when we eat them, we feel fuller for longer. A diet of these foods supports weight ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moms-to-be who eat a low glycemic index diet may have healthier babies, a study from Australia suggests. The glycemic index of a food is the measure of how quickly blood ...

The glycemic index (GI) is a measure that classifies foods according to the speed at which they raise blood glucose levels.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Avoiding high glycemic load foods could help acne sufferers clear up their skin, the results of a new small study suggest. High glycemic load foods refer to foods that ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Eating foods less likely to spike your blood sugar, which rank low on the glycemic index, is a part of most healthy diets. For example, we've heard it's better to eat brown rice ...

Maybe there is a new and better way to get your patients to lose weight. A review of six studies comparing low-glycemic index (LGI) diets with conventional weight-loss plans showed LGI dieters ...

Pasta consumed in the context of a low-glycemic index (GI) diet does not contribute to weight gain and does result in modest weight loss compared with a higher-GI diet, at least over a median ...

People following a Mediterranean-style diet may have the best chance of keeping weight off — and doing it without causing negative side effects — according to a study published in the Journal of the ...