Thursday, February 17, 2005

Yahoo! News - Carbohydrate Type, Not Amount, Linked to Obesity

YES!!! I was pretty sure this had to be the case, but never had peer reviewed research to prove it.
Yahoo! News - Carbohydrate Type, Not Amount, Linked to Obesity: "NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to carbohydrates, it's not how much you eat, but which kind...."

The researchers (headed by Dr. Yunsheng Ma of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester) "found that overweight people tend to eat more refined carbohydrates, such as white bread and pasta, which cause a rapid spike in blood sugar."

So what to do? My advice has not changed a bit: watch the gylcemic index and minimize simple carbs.

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