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High Glycemic Index of Foods

Diet Article: Foods that influence blood sugar levels.

High Glycemic foods can be useful in those individuals who have problems maintaining appropriate sugar levels in the blood and are often considered for use by the diabetic to accomplish such.

However, before doing such - the diabetic should always seek the advice of their personal physician who is familiar with their patient's history.

Other methods - such as controlling blood sugar levels via ground cinnamon and chromium picolinate should also be discussed with the doctor before using. If these methods were all it took to control diabetes, all diabetics would be embracing them - as well as their doctors.

Low Blood Sugar & the Diabetic

Many times, diabetics get 'low blood sugar' (layman's terms) and must ingest foods - or take medication that will raise those levels back to normal as quickly and as safely as possible. If they are unable to do that, a diabetic coma may ensue.

High Glycemic foods can also assist during exercise in managing sugar levels. If blood sugar tends to drop during exercise, and is initially low, the foods below can lift levels back to the normal range swiftly.

Let's start with our list of Low Glycemic Index Foods:

Basmati rice – brown or white;
Bran cereals, whole oats, muesli type cereals that have gone through a toasting process;
Baked beans;
Lentils;
Soybeans;
Pumpernickel, whole grain breads that are heavily textured;
Apples, peaches, carrots, oranges, and their related juices;
Milk;
Yogurt;
Candy bars

Now let's take a look at foods that are considered to have a Moderate Glycemic Index:

Bran Chex cereal, untoasted muesli cereal
Bananas, PawPaws, pineapples, orange juice
Barley Bread Flour, sourdough bread, rye bread
Full Fat Ice Creams

High Glycemic Food Index

The following cereals: Cheerios, Rice Krispies, Cornflakes
Mashed potatoes
Watermelon
Waffles, Bagels
Sticky rice can, medium grain brown are white
Sugar and Honey
Sugar to read and soft drinks and soda
Raisins, Dates
Pizza
Donuts, Cookies, Pound Cake
Beets
Rice Cakes
Graham Crackers
Jelly beans, and other small candies they contain significant amounts of sugar

Symptoms of low blood glucose include dizziness and weakness. If blood glucose becomes abnormally extreme, the individual may become confused, or they may have difficulty breathing and they may even lose consciousness.

In Summary: The Glycemic Index of foods is often of great use to the diabetic but the patient's doctor should always be consulted before the diabetic initiates personal meal-building based on their own findings.

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