How to Regulate Insulin and Blood Glucose with a Low-Glycemic Diet
A low-glycemic diet helps regulate insulin and blood glucose levels that become unstable due to either a health condition or consumption of an excess amount of carbohydrate calories. Anytime you eat foods [more…]
Benefits of a Low-Glycemic Diet
In addition to weight loss, a low-glycemic diet promotes many other health benefits. Whether you’re looking to get better control over your blood sugar levels, increase your energy, improve your mood, [more…]
Carbohydrates and the Glycemic Index
Carbohydrates are a big topic in the world of weight loss and a glycemic index diet. Numerous diets call for modifying your carbohydrate intake in some way. The problem is, not all carbs are created equal [more…]
Defining Low-, Medium-, and High-Glycemic Foods
Determining whether a food is high- or low-glycemic is pretty straightforward. The glycemic index is broken into high-, medium-, and low-glycemic foods. High-glycemic-index foods have the quickest blood [more…]
Fiber and the Glycemic Index
Fiber is an influential player in any diet, including a low-glycemic one for both weight loss and blood sugar control. The term fiber is used to describe complex carbohydrates that your body can’t break [more…]
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…]
