Low glycemic diets have been proven useful in preventing and controlling diabetes and other insulin-related disorders. Here are some of the advantages of a low glycemic diet.

• In both diabetics and healthy individuals, low glycemic foods and diets significantly reduce serum cholesterol and certain types of cancer.
• Glycemic load has proven to be related to the incidence of type 2 diabetes.
• Low glycemic diets have been shown to reduce risk of type 2 diabetes by over 40%.
• Risk of type 2 diabetes is highest in persons ingesting food with high glycemic loads.
• Adding exercise to a low glycemic diet further reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 58%.
  

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