Home
You can view the current or previous issues of Diabetes Health online, in their entirety, anytime you want.
Click Here To View
See if you qualify for our free healthcare professional magazines. Click here to start your application for Pre-Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Pharmacist and Diabetes Health Professional.
Latest Heart Care & Heart Disease Articles
Popular Heart Care & Heart Disease Articles
Highly Recommended Heart Care & Heart Disease Articles
Email to a Friend
Send a link to this page to your friends and colleagues.
Low Glycemic Load Diets Improve Heart Health
Diet with a low glycemic load may be more effective in reducing cardiovascular disease risk than a conventional energy-restricted, low-fat diet
A diet with a low glycemic load may be more effective in reducing cardiovascular disease risk than a conventional energy-restricted, low-fat diet, according to the researchers at Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
A study involving 23 obese young adults was conducted over a 12-month period. The experimental treatment emphasized consumption of low glycemic index foods, with 45 to 50 percent of energy from carbohydrates and 30 to 35 percent from fat. The conventional treatment consisted of less than 30 percent of calories from fat and 55 to 60 percent of calories from carbohydrate.
While body weight decreased in both groups, the experimental-diet group showed a significantly greater mean decline in triglycerides than the conventional-diet group (declines of 37.2 percent and 19.1 percent, respectively). Changes in cholesterol concentrations, blood pressure and insulin sensitivity did not differ significantly between the groups.
—American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2005
Food editor’s note: Lowering triglyceride levels plays a part in reducing risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
Glycemic load is equal to a food’s glycemic index times the number of grams of carbohydrates in the serving of food that’s being eaten.
—Source: www.NutritionData.com
Categories: Diabetes, Diabetes, Food, Glycemic Index & Carb Counting, Heart Care & Heart Disease, Insulin, Nutrition Research, Type 2 Issues
You May Also Be Interested In...
-
Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
-
Topics
- Diabetic / Diabetes Health
- Type 1 / 1.5 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blood Glucose / Sugar
- High/Low Blood Sugar / Fast Acting Glucose
- Insulin- Pumps, Pens & Syringes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors, CGM, Infusion Sets
- Type 2 Medications
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
Comments
Add your comments about this article below. You can add comments as a registered user or anonymously. If you choose to post anonymously your comments will be sent to our moderator for approval before they appear on this page. If you choose to post as a registered user your comments will appear instantly.
When voicing your views via the comment feature, please respect the Diabetes Health community by refraining from comments that could be considered offensive to other people. Diabetes Health reserves the right to remove comments when necessary to maintain the cordial voice of the diabetes community.
For your privacy and protection, we ask that you do not include personal details such as address or telephone number in any comments posted.
Don't have your Diabetes Health Username? Register now and add your comments to all our content.
Register...
Register your Diabetes Health Username here.
Have Your Say...