Glycemic Index Lags Behind Low-Carb Acceptance

It favorably quoted a study lead by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller of the University of Sydney in Australia, the world's top glycemic index researcher today. The study showed that when people with diabetes follow a low-glycemic index diet they have a 0.43 percent reduction in the A1C levels after just 10 weeks compared with a high-glycemic index diet.

Jennie herself is hopeful that the ADA will come around to giving its full acceptance of the glycemic index. "Adopting a low glycemic index diet is at least as good as a serious exercise program or an additional diabetes drug," Jennie just wrote me when I asked her views of the new nutriton recommendations. "There is no risk of hypoglycemia, no adverse effects. It's cheap and sustainable from both a behavioral and environmental point of view."

Eventually, the ADA will come around to giving the glycemic index its due. Probably before the 22nd Century.

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Gretchen's take on the ADA's nutrition guidelines