THE GI diet is not only healthier but does help you lose weight, a rigorous animal study suggests.
Most diets emphasise reducing fat intake. Others, most famously the Atkins diet, advocate cutting carbs. The GI diet is instead based on eating carbohydrates that have a low glycaemic index, a measure of how much blood sugar levels rise after eating different foods.
Durum-wheat pasta, basmati rice, fruit and most vegetables have low GIs, while potatoes, white bread and refined breakfast cereals have higher GIs. “Blood sugar can rise as quickly after a bagel as after a bowl of sugar,” says David…
