What 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

What 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.