The Glycemic Impact Diet

The Glycemic Impact is a diet that is based solely off of the Glycemic Index. This isn’t just one diet, but it encompasses many diets that have formed throughout the years. One popular diet that has been around for a while is the GI Diet by Rick Gallop.

Foods with a low GI, or glycemic index value gradually release sugar into your blood stream, which provides you a steady supply of energy. It levels you feeling full and less hungry and you are more unlikely to snack. The index is numerical from 0 to 100.

Alternatively, foods that contain a high glycemic value result in a short-lived, rapid rise in blood sugar levels and give you a short buzz, but leave you feeling fatigued quickly afterwards. Consuming foods that have high levels of GI can lead to eating too much.

Diets that focus on the glycemic index like the GI Diet produced by Rick Gallop encourage you to eat foods that have a low value on the GI scale, while avoiding those with a high GI value. In addition, GI diets recommend that you cut down on that fat you consume, particularly saturated fats. This means that while even though a particular food may have a low GI value, it consumption should still be limited if it is high in fat.

The glycemic impact also considers the glycemic load, the other part of the glycemic index. A carrot for example has a high GI, but a very low amount of carbohydrates. This makes the glycemic load of a carrot very low, as the glycemic load calculates both GI and carbs in a food.

May 30th, 2008