Will the Glycemic Index Diet help with weight Loss?
For all the effort a GI diet requires, there is little apparent pay-off in terms of improved weight control. The Glycemic Index diet has not been shown to affect weight loss, despite the belief that controlling blood sugar will control appetite and insulin, and therefore control food intake and fat storage. The International Food Information Council recently summed up current knowledge with a quote from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: “Current evidence suggests that the glycemic index … is of little utility for providing dietary guidance for Americans.”5 Stick to the diet principles of the GI Diet While you may not adopt the number-crunching glycemic index system to improve your diet, the general principles of GI foods are fairly easy to incorporate: Stick to a low-sugar, high-fiber, plant-based diet with adequate protein and healthy fats like olive oil. No one can argue with that.
