Glycemic Index The Glycemic Index and Diabetes Connection As we have learned it isn’t only cakes, cookies and candy desserts that contain sugars and raise our blood sugar to dangerous levels. Any food that is considered a carbohydrate is made up of starches and sugars. Foods that you would never imagine being “sweet” are full [...]
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How to seperate the Truth Concerning Food Myths
November 27th, 2010 
We have all been guilty of accepting certain facts of being truthful when in fact in many cases these so-called truths are better categorised as myths or misconceptions. There are many such examples of this. How many times have we been led to believe that eating sugar makes us fat or drinking milk helps us [...]
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African Americans And Diabetes
August 1st, 2010 According to the National Diabetes Education Program, there is a current epidemic of diabetes among African Americans. African Americans are one of the largest groups in the population in the United States that are contracting Type II diabetes. In addition, diabetes is also one of the leading causes of death and disability among African Americans [...]
Yes, There are Good Carbs
August 1st, 2010 When doctors and scientists began to look at what makes up an average diet and why many people tend to gain weight and become unhealthy, they looked first at the government’s food pyramid. They decided to put most of the blame on the base of that pyramid – whole grains and breads, otherwise known as [...]
How is the Glycemic Index in Foods Determined?
August 1st, 2010 The Glycemic Index uses pure glucose (or in some cases, white bread) as its control food and rates all other carbohydrates in relation to it. The control food or standard, either the glucose or the white bread, is given a rating of “100” and all other foods are tested as to how they affect a [...]
What Is The Glycemic Index How It Effects You
August 1st, 2010 The Glycemic Index is a rating system for foods where any type of carbohydrate has a numerical value assigned to it based on its components and how each food affects the body’s sugar levels. Dr. David Jenkins, a Canadian professor and scientist from the University of Toronto developed the concept of a rating index in [...]
