low-glycemic index diet

[dreamflyer]

Anyone know anything about the low-glycemic index diet? It sounds similar to SBD.

[lalylun]

I was just looking for information about this one and I found your post.
Are you talking about "The new Glucose Revolution" by Jennie Brand-Miller?
I would also like to have some feed back about it.

[TrainerRay]

The low glycemic diet is simular to SBD in the way that the foods are chosen by the actions that the foods have on the insulin response of the body.

By choosing foods that are low on the glycemic index, the insulin response is kept low and thus the potential for foods to be stored as fats is lowered.

I favour this type of eating for my PT clients.

Help at all?

[BexM]

I read a few of the New Glucose Revolution Books and it is very similar to SBD. SBD is a low-glycemic diet, balancing good carbs and good fats. The lower glycemic diet is especially good for those with insulin resistance/prediabetes. Huge help--can even keep you from getting diabetes if you make a real change!

[IndigoElectron]

I was wondering if anyone else had tried a low GI diet and if so, what makes it similar and different to SB? There seem to be a few different ones out there, plus some that talk about glycemic load instead of glycemic index. I'm pretty happy with SB but am curious to know the similarities and differences and what people think about the different diets.

[Kimboroni]

I don't know about the GI diet specifically, but if glycemic impact (GI or GL) is the only aspect that is looked at for a food, you can end up with a lot of unhealthy choices. For instance, lard is extremely low GI, but that doesn't make it healthy or a good choice for losing weight! SB brings so many concepts together into a balanced meal plan, which is why it works.

[nsage]

I joined a class at the Hospital here in town on Transition Lifestyle, which works off the GI index. A friend of mine went last session and said it was the easiest way she ever lost weight. I looked at some of her info and it looks very simular to SB with a few differences. I start on Monday the 14th, and am very excited. I will post again after my first class.

[RedRox]

Note that they are two different plans though. GI and GL (glycemic load) only pertain to food with carbohydrates in them. And you can monkey around with ingredients to lower GI of otherwise non-SB foods. (adding soy proteins to refined flours in breads and pastas for instance). SB takes a much broader view and GI/GL is but one component for evaluating foods to include in your diet. SB also encourages healthy forms of proteins and fats that don't even register on the GI.

[nsage]

The program is not a diet, although weight loss is an added perk of the program. The Transitions Lifestyle Program helps support your body's metabolism and this allows many people to shed inches and lose body fat naturally with healthy eating and exercise.
We learn to modify our diets so our meals contain a proper ratio of healthy carbohydrates, proteins and fats. You don't eat less, you eat better. The class addresses the problems of carbohydrate sensitivity and fat storage as well as adopting a diet of low-glycemic foods.
We actually take a field trip during the class to learn about label reading and healthy shopping at the grocery store. When you sit down and read the labels and see all the ingredients, you see how things that you thought were healthy are not.

[RedRox]

sounds like SB! this isn't a diet either and everything you said applies equally as well to SB. We just can't take you shopping over the internet! If it works and it's healthy that's all that really matters. I was just commenting that choosing a food based solely on it's glycemic value can lead to unhealthy choices. It's more about learning to eat the healthy components of lean proteins, lower GI whole grains, starches and fruits, lots of vegetables and some amount of good fats/oils, nuts, legumes and so forth. Most healthy dietary programs converge on those main points. They might differ on suggested quantities or how you get to that healthy eating lifestyle, but that's really up to each individual to work out on their own. That's what P2 is for in the SB program really and it doesn't change much in P3 for that matter.

[nsage]

I did say earlier it is simular to SB with some differences. I am not clear on what is different yet, so I will not state what it is like till I get all the facts.