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Glycemic load is another way of looking at how a food may affect your blood sugar. Carbohydrates with a high glycemic load (such as fruit juices or doughnuts) will tend to make your blood sugar go up sharply, while carbohydrates with a low glycemic load (such as berries or bran cereal) produce a lower, slower [...]

ORLANDO – A fixed-dose combination of sitagliptin/metformin (Janumet) is superior to pioglitazone( Actos) monotherapy for glucose-lowering in patients with type 2 diabetes, researchers announced here at the 70th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Investigators compared the efficacy and safety of initial therapy with a fixed-dose combination of sitagliptin plus metformin versus [...]

The glycemic index is a ranking (from 0-100) letting us know how all carbohydrates act differently in our bodies. The rankings let us know how fast, or slow, the carbohydrates in a certain food will affect our blood glucose levels. Foods can be ranked as: High GI – 70 or above Medium GI – 56-69 Low GI – 55 and [...]

Some people use the GI as a way to follow a diet that will help control their blood sugar levels. As informative as the GI can be there are pros and cons to using this method. The pros are that it is making one more aware of foods that they are eating. By doing this [...]

The GI of foods is not a perfect science. There are certain factors to be aware of that can affect how your body's glucose levels responds to the foods that you are eating. The physical form of the food – usually mashed foods have a higher GI. For example: eating an apple vs apple sauce. The applesauce will have [...]

My last few posts were about the glycemic index and how you can use the index to find foods that will keep your blood sugar levels from going too high. A better way to measure for some might be the glycemic load. The glycemic load is like the glycemic index in that the lower the [...]