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The problem is the insulin response generated when the various sugary carbohydrates hit the blood stream; "slow" carbohydrates are nowhere near being a problem.
by hackermom 16y ago
The problem is the insulin response generated when the various sugary carbohydrates hit the blood stream; "slow" carbohydrates are nowhere near being a problem.
- carbocation 16y agoWhat you say is almost certainly true with regards to diabetes risk. However, the association is less perfect with regards to atherogenesis; in other words, the glycemic index/heart disease risk may be purely mediated by diabetes. Nevertheless, this article is a great start; I like that the media is now starting to pick up on the correct correlation between carbs and atherosclerosis - and if they also begin to understand and convey the glycemic index, so much the better. As the studies discussed in this reasonably well-cited article indicate, carbohydrate load correlates with the atherogenic lipid profile, whereas saturated fat load does not.