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Your Health: Diabetes, the lower the better
February 1, 2009
By : Datuk Dr Rajen M.
The New Straits Times Online

The glycaemic index for broccoli, spinach and cauliflower rate a zero.
Maintaining a low-glycemic diet by consuming food with low GI carbs lowers diabetes.

Diabetes, The three major food groups from where you get your energy are proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

However, different carbohydrates behave quite differently in our bodies. The glycaemic index (GI) is a scientific ranking of foods based on their immediate effect on blood sugar levels.

Many everyday carbohydrate- based foods have been tested and given a ranking between one and 100, depending on the speed at which they release their sugars into the bloodstream.

Datuk Dr Rajen M. is a pharmacist with a doctorate in holistic medicine. Email him at health@po.jaring.my.

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