You’ve heard a great deal about climate change on the news lately and how you can do your part to save our planet by going green. We also urge you to go “grain”. Grain, when eaten with specific low Glycemic Index (GI) cereals, can control your climbing blood sugar levels. And, that control can be maintained for up to a maximum ten hours – a full work day and beyond!
The exciting news comes from a recent scientific research study. The study, a breakthrough effort in this area, marked the first time that scientists had considered such a connection. Research spokesperson, Ann Nilsson from the unit for Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry at Sweden’s Lund University, explains that, “It is known that a carbohydrate-rich breakfast with a low GI can moderate increases in blood sugar after lunch. But my results show that low GI in combination with the right amount of so-called indigestible carbohydrates can keep the blood-sugar level low for up to ten hours, which means until after dinner.”
Research participants were fed barley, wholegrain breads and boiled grain oatmeal. Barley was, by far and away, the most effective; however, whole grains were also beneficial. As a health-conscious consumer, this means that you should shop for more products containing barley and whole grain. Food manufacturers should make the effort to produce healthier products.
Through some modest adjustments to your diet, you gain to win dramatically in the health department. Statistics cited point to the facts … when you pour yourself a regular bowl of wholegrain cereal for breakfast, you are immediately reducing your risk of heart disease and/or failure by 27 percent. Don’t become another statistic.
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Combine the effects of helping to control blood sugar levels along with being a great source of fiber grains for the average person are a wonderful resource but not for me. I can not tolerate any of the "gluten" containing grains but of the "grains" I can tolerate such as corn, rice, quinoa, I always make sure I use a product that contains all of the grain and hasn't been processed to the point of being just an empty carb. While even whole grain brown rice is one of my best choices, it has nowhere near the nutrient or fiber levels of grains such as barley, whole wheat or whole oats. Of all the non-gluten grains that I can eat, Quinoa is the most nutritous of all and actually has more value than wheat (barley too I seem to recall). As a matter of fact, the ancient Mayan's name for this food translates to mean "The Mother Grain". At times being THE primary food source for their culture. I personally kind of believe that the more "whole foods" we eat and avoid as much of the processed foods available to us the easier it's going to be to help control weight. It's taken me many many years to finally reach this point of realization and boy it sure is nice to read what appears to me affirmation of what I've come to believe!!
Hey Lyndie, what's the deal with you and not eating regular grains? You have an allergy or what? Another question too, are you really trying to diet? I dunno I've read a couple of your comments and you sound like you seem to have some sort of diet plan or weight control going on. Not me that's for sure, I'm still trying to figure out just how I'm going to lose the 55lbs I need to drop and the sooner the better. How about sharing some of your own personal tips with me?? We can do that here right?
Hi Cathie, yeah what I have isn't an allergy it's a complete intolerance to all grains that contain gliadin and gliadin related proteins (aka gluten)...it's celiac disease which used to be considered very rare but new research is showing that 1 person in every 125-130 actually have the markers if not the active disease and if they're subjected to just the right "trigger" those "markers" become fully activated. Anyway I can't say that I have a full weight loss plan laid out but I've had to be so aware of foods and what I eat for so many years that I've sort of gathered by osmosis the information I need if not exactly the techniques or motivation to put it all into practice. Mostly I stayed absorbed in trying to stay healthy or at least healthier and not IN a hospital bed somewhere!! One way to tell if I have my CD under control is to watch the scale, when the weight starts creeping up it means that either I'm so on target that I am absorbing what I eat OR in the negative, I'm so out of control my body has gone into "starvation mode" which would happen if I got into the habit of doing a LOT of cheating on gluten foods ;-)
I think that this site is going to be handy, for sharing tips and recipes, I fixed one of the chicken receipes last night and it was just wonderful. Anyway glad to meet you and I'm sure I'll see you around.
The key, imo that is, with the grains for weight loss is the fiber content--that's why raw veggies have always been the dieter's friend, not just the natural low calories in most raw veggies but the fact that they are high in fiber a dietary must not just to lose weight but to keep our digestive system working the way it's supposed to. High fiber increases intestinal motility which moves digested matter through the system, the more regularly this happens, the less toxins are left in our system and that's a good thing then there is the stabilizing effect to our blood sugar from foods that are not immediately digested.
I've got to say that from what I've seen in the little bit that I've been looking around here, I am very impressed with the amount and mostly the quality of information I've read. Kudos to those who create here!! You guys are good!!
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