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Hi, I am Raadhika. Knowing your carbs and understanding how different types of carbs work in your diet helps speed up weight loss.
Low carb foods usually have
a low glycemic index.
A low carb diet plan is based on the total amount of carbohydrates you consume as part of your diet each day.
So its a case of the whole being a sum of its parts!
Before we get into this further, we need to know about glycemic index too
Glycemic index measures how quickly carbohydrates are changed into sugar in the body
and enter the blood system as glucose.
The quicker the breakdown and entry,
the higher the glycemic index
and possibility of sugar spikes.
When carbs are broken down slowly, the sugar levels in the blood are maintained evenly.
Not all high carb foods have a high glycemic index
and the reverse is true of low carbs as well.
Pasta and sweet potatoes are low glycemic index foods
even though they have a high carbohydrate content.
This means that it takes the body a longer time to break down such carbs into simple sugars
that pass into the blood.
Of fruits...
cherries, plums & grapefruit
have a very low glycemic index
Fruit which have a high sugar content like melons, including watermelon,
mangoes, papayas and pineapples are best avoided on a low carb diet.
They have a high glycemic index.
You may want to completely cut out carbs from your diet, to speed up weight loss.
But a no carb diet is not suitable with the kind of foods available to us.
It works for the Inuit people,
due to their life style and environment but not for you and me.
The Inuit of of the Arctic region, whom we know as Eskimo
eat a diet of meat, fish,
whale and fat.
and some seaweed.
Their environment is not suited for the cultivation of fruits and vegetables or grains.
So theirs is a no carb diet.
This works for them, as their foods are very different from their western counterparts.
So it's best to stick with a combination of low carb-low glycemic diet that will speed up weight loss.
Just avoid all processed food
like bacon, sausages and ham which are high in sodium and can be high carb too.
which are high in sodium and can be high carb too.
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