Low-Glycemic Curried Cauliflower
This recipe for curried cauliflower is great for low-glycemic diets because you steam-cook the cauliflower. On a low-glycemic diet, you’re looking for lots of healthy nutrients, and steaming is one of [more…]
Low-Glycemic Wilted Spinach with Lemon and Pine Nuts
Vegetables are a major component of a low-glycemic diet, so eats lots of them. This low-glycemic recipe for wilted spinach with pine nuts perks up your palate with a bright lemon-dijon dressing. Prevent [more…]
Low-Glycemic Sautéed Carrots with Rosemary Honey Glaze
Sautéing vegetables is a step up from boiling and steaming them. And you can keep this carrot dish low on the glycemic scale with a bit of olive oil and not too much butter. [more…]
Low-Glycemic Spicy Grilled Veggie Skewers
Looking for low-glycemic veggies with a lot of flavor and a little spicy heat? The marinade in this grilled-vegetable recipe makes any vegetable taste amazing, so feel free to mix in whatever your heart [more…]
Choosing Foods for Weight-Loss on a Low-Glycemic Diet
While on a low-glycemic diet, choose the right foods to get the most nutritional bang for each bite. The point of going on a low-glycemic diet is to keep your body working at peak performance to ensure [more…]
Low-Glycemic Oatmeal-Raspberry Bars
No time for a full breakfast? This simple recipe for low-glycemic oatmeal raspberry bars helps you start your day the right way. Low-glycemic oatmeal bars provide a great smaller option if you don’t like [more…]
Low-Glycemic Banana Strawberry Oatmeal Pancakes
This recipe for banana strawberry oatmeal pancakes is a delicious, low-glycemic breakfast treat. Following a low-glycemic diet means reducing many of the refined grains and sugars in your diet, but you [more…]
Low-Glycemic Breakfast Burritos
Make protein-rich eggs a part of a healthy, low-glycemic breakfast with this recipe for breakfast burritos that you can spice up or down. Low-glycemic burritos add a nice Tex-Mex kick to breakfast. The [more…]
Low-Glycemic Canadian Bacon and Cheese Frittata
You can dress up eggs by adding other healthy ingredients to make a hearty, delicious, low-glycemic breakfast that isn’t loaded in fat or calories. This low-glycemic Canadian bacon and cheese frittata [more…]
Low-Glycemic Sun-Dried Tomato and Feta Egg Bake
In this recipe for a low-glycemic egg bake, you make a flavor-packed mixture of sun-dried tomatoes and feta cheese. Cheese is a low-glycemic food option that's a great source of calcium and a delicious [more…]
What is the Glycemic Index?
The glycemic index is a scientific way of looking at how the carbohydrates in foods affect bloodglucose, or blood sugar, levels. Scientists know that all carbohydrates raise blood sugar, but the glycemic [more…]
How to Measure the Glycemic Index
The glycemic index ranks foods on a scale of 0 to 100 based on how quickly they raise blood sugar levels. Foods that raise blood sugar quickly have a higher number, whereas foods that take longer to affect [more…]
The Glycemic Index and Weight Loss
Using the glycemic index to lose weight means doing more than just counting calories. Choosing healthier foods that provide energy and promote a strong, fit body is just as important as sticking to a calorie [more…]
Low-Glycemic Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
To make these low-glycemic blueberry oatmeal muffins, you just add oats to a traditional recipe. The result is a wonderful, tasty muffin that’s perfect as part of your low-glycemic breakfast or as a healthy [more…]
Low-Glycemic Carrot-Cake Oat Muffins
You can vary recipes for low-glycemic muffins in so many different ways, using grains, fruits, nuts, and even vegetables for high satisfaction and low glycemic load. If you want to turn these carrot-cake [more…]
Low-Glycemic Raspberry-Orange Nut Bread
If you love quick breads anytime of day, add this fruit and nut bread to your low-glycemic meal plan. This recipe for raspberry-orange nut bread makes a great snack for kids in place of packaged cookies [more…]
Low-Glycemic Prosciutto with Melon and Mozzarella Cheese
This appetizer recipe for low-glycemic prosciutto-and-melon bites pleases both the eye and the palate. It offers a variety of colors and textures for a simple-to-make treat full of complex flavors. You [more…]
Low-Glycemic 8-Layer Southwestern Dip
Dips add some healthy, low-glycemic ingredients to not-so-healthy chips, so make a batch of this 8-layer vegetable dip. Dips work well as low-glycemic snack or appetizer because they help you feel more [more…]
Low-Glycemic Grilled Teriyaki Shrimp
This recipe for grilled teriyaki shrimp is a special-treat appetizer that's super quick, super simple, and has virtually no glycemic load! Teriyaki-inspired recipes always create a lot of flavor, and this [more…]
Keys to Success for a Glycemic Index Diet
When you’re on a glycemic index diet, you can forget the traditional food lists and stringent calorie requirements. The low-glycemic way of eating isn’t a diet in the traditional sense — it’s a lifestyle [more…]
How to Control Food Cravings with a Low-Glycemic Diet
Being unable to resist food cravings can sink any diet. However, following a low-glycemic diet helps you control those cravings and gives you a better chance of successfully reaching your weight-loss goal [more…]
Combining Low-Glycemic Foods with Calorie Awareness
Following a low-glycemic diet isn’t a stand-alone solution for weight loss. If you eat a low-glycemic diet that’s still high in calories, attaining your weight-loss goals may be difficult. Like it or not [more…]
How to Eat Balanced Meals on a Low-Glycemic Diet
Discovering how to balance the nutrients in your meals is an essential part of losing weight successfully on a low-glycemic diet. For a diet to be truly balanced it must contain a mix of carbohydrates, [more…]
Comparing the Glycemic Index to the Glycemic Load
Rather than limiting yourself strictly to foods low on the glycemic index, you can broaden your outlook to include the glycemic load. The glycemic load [more…]
How to Calculate Glycemic Load
Whereas calculating the glycemic index requires human clinical trials, the glycemic load is a little simpler to determine. As long as you have some key pieces of information, you can calculate the glycemic [more…]
