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Carbohydrates and health: Not that simple or that complex.

Publication: Harvard Heart Letter
Publication Date: 01-DEC-02 		Format: Online - approximately 1360 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Taking control of your blood sugar and insulin levels may pay off for your heart and overall health.

Picture a roller coaster, and you'll get an idea of what happens to sugar and insulin levels in your blood. The highs that follow meals and snacks turn to lows later on.

Whether your levels look more like a kiddie coaster with gentle ups and downs or a strap-'em-in, hang-on-tight ride with steep climbs and breathtaking drops can make a difference to your health. Routinely high blood sugar and insulin have been linked with a variety of chronic diseases.

Smoothing out your blood sugar and insulin levels may keep your heart in good shape. It can help control type 2 diabetes and possibly prevent it. It may even let you control or lose weight by helping you store less fat and by keeping you from getting hungry soon after a meal or snack.

Taming this duo isn't that hard. Choosing foods that have a gentler impact on blood sugar and insulin levels can help. You can do this using the glycemic (glie-SEE-mick) index. This research tool, developed 20 years ago, measures the ease with which your body turns carbohydrates into blood sugar.

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