The Glycemic Impact Diet is one of more popular diets to appear in the US.
The diet is based in the Glycemic Index – which has been around for some time. However only recently have GI based diets become popular with both doctors, nutritionists, and the public.
The Glycemic Impact Diet delves even further into the glycemic index, by taking into account Glycemic Load. This is a combination of the glycemic index of a food and the amount of carbohydrate the food has.
A food such as a carrot is a common example: Carrots have a high GI – but a very low amount of carb per volume. The glycemic load of the carrot, in the end, is quite low – and is a great food to eat.
You would have to eat a considerable amount of carrots in order to experience any large insulin response.
All meal plans on the Glycemic Impact Diet are made up from the following principles:
Sample Meal Plan 1 |
Breakfast
Vegetable omelet with wheat bread and strawberries |
Lunch
Grilled cheese and tomato sandwich with salad and milk |
Afternoon Snack
Roast beef roll-ups with flatbread |
Dinner
Chicken Florentine with brown rice and fruit |
Late Night Snack Yogurt with raspberries and almonds |
Sample Meal Plan 2 |
Breakfast
Oat bran cereal with blackberries and milk |
Lunch
Spicy chicken strips with fresh salad and yogurt |
Afternoon Snack
Crunchy crabmeat salad mini pocket with strawberries |
Dinner
Oriental pasta and beef stir-fry |
Late Night Snack
Cottage cheese with fruit cocktail and peanuts |
The Glycemic Impact Diet is one of the few popular diets to come along that is truly sensible and possible to follow for one’s entire life. It also lacks many of the excessive “foods to avoid” that so many diets have.
At the very least the Glycemic Impact Diet will assist those with hypoglycemic problems immediately. At best it will bring about steady weight loss over a long period of time.
What is a true Glycemic dite?
Sounds like the Holford Diet to me!
I’ve given this a few days so far, and I do feel much better, I didn’t realize that I ate so much sugar before, nor did I expect that it would make me feel so crappy. I’ve only seen a slight increase in my concentration, but some is better than none.
anal leakage???? omg are you ok don’t blame that on a diet
I had a little anal leakage while on this diet. Be forewarned!!
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4 days on this so far and I feel great! I feel better than I have in months.