The glycemic index provides a measure of how quickly blood-sugar levels (i.e., levels of glucose in the blood) rise after eating a particular type of food. Overweight and obese diabetes patients who followed a low-glycemic diet reduced their need for anti-diabetes drugs by 86 percent at three weeks, compared with six percent in those who had a low-fat diet, a study presented at the Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome 2013 Congress showed. Also, the transition to a low-glycemic diet helped cut medication needs by 57 percent among those in the low-fat group, researchers said. The low-glycemic diet was also associated with declines in mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels.
Source: Technical University Munich
Good Neighbor Pharmacy Health Connection, August 2013
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