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In an 18-month trial involving 73 obese young adults, some were placed on a "low- glycemic load" diet - in which about 40 percent of calories come from slowly digested carbohydrates such as nonstarchy fruits and vegetables.
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Glycemic Load (GL) The glycemic load will give you the ranking of a food taking into account the amount of carbohydrate actually eaten. The formula is as follows: GI / 100 x Carbohydrate Grams Eaten = GL ...
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Glycemic Load (GL): Glycemic Load is equal to the Glycemic Index of a food times the number of grams of carbohydrates in the serving of food that's being eaten.
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Glycemic load: Unrefined wild plant foods like those available to contemporary hunter-gatherers typically exhibit low glycemic indices.
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In particular, they differ in their glycemic load. Simply put, glycemic load reflects how quickly the carbohydrate content of a person's overall diet raises blood sugar levels. It is calculated using the glycemic index (GI) value of each food.
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Grape fruit may be a secret weight-loss weapon because of low glycemic load. According to the researchers, grape fruit contains a compound that interacts with the liver to lower cholesterol.
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Related to the Glycemic Index is the concept of the Glycemic Load. While the GI measures how quickly your body converts a carbohydrate into glucose, it does not indicate the quantity of a carbohydrate in a particular serving of food.
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Holford DietA diet based around glycemic load from British author Patrick Holford. The book currently only available in the UK.
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Willette, Walter; Manson, JoAnn; and Liu, Simin (2002). " Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 76 (suppl.):274S–281S.
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See also: Diet, Health, Fat, Carbohydrate, Weight loss
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