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Glycemic Index Defined

A ranking of foods based on their immediate effect on blood sugar levels. The Glycemic Index measures how much your blood sugar increases over a period of two or three hours after a meal. Carbohydrate foods that break down quickly during digestion have the highest glycemic index.

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Medical First: Watching Effects of Hi-Carb Food on Arteries

Published July 4, 2009, 11:09 pm, Israel National News

(IsraelNN.com) Using a clinical technique pioneered by his laboratory in Israel, Dr. Michael Shechter of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine and the Heart Institute of Sheba Medical Center was able to visualize what happens inside our arteries before, during and after eating high carb foods.

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How "˜high carb"™ foods cause heart attacks

Published June 28, 2009, 6:39 pm, News-Medical-Net

It has been commonly known for a number of years that certain foods, such as white bread and corn flakes, are bad for cardiac health, but new research from Israeli scientists shows just how 'high carb' foods cause heart attacks.

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  • classic sugar rush and sugar crash experience.Mou ntain glycemic index: To begin with the pancreas taxi HQ sends out just the right amount of taxis to get all the sugars to their cells, but as the shift goes on and the work load stays high, with sugars coming and going constantly, the old pancreas loses control sending out more and more taxis until the bloodstream picks up every stray sugar molecule they find and whisks them off to the nearest cells. This causes the normal blood sugar level to drop (hypoglycaemia ), triggers the brain to send more signals that you need sugar, even though your cells are chocker with the stuff. With all this sugar going around all the organs get on the case and ignoring fatty molecules, start asking for more sugar, putting you even further into the red. This is the classic sugar rush and sugar crash experience

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