The importance of eating foods with low glycemic index

To lose weight is more important to know what to eat than eat less. We have to choose foods with low glycemic index, since the amount of sugar stored as fat will be less.

For example, a yogurt has a much lower glycemic index than a cake or a snack and a brown bread than white bread, that’s made with more refined flour, which has less fiber. Vegetables generally have a low glycemic index, with some exceptions such as carrots whose glycemic index is moderate. Examples of foods with high glycemic index are pizza, pineapple and watermelon.

The fruit, when taken alone, can increase very rapidly the blood sugar, but when combined with brown bread or soda cracker, the fiber of the bread or of the cracker involves the sugar of the fruit and makes this meal healthier, with a lower index glycemic. This happens because the sugar of the fruit is released more gradually, causing a slower rise in blood sugar, and in the segregation of insulin.