High and Low Glycemic Index Foods: A Breakdown of Good Carbs and Bad Carbs

High and low glycemic index foods: a breakdown of good carbs and bad carbs: While most people assumed that fat content and calories were pretty much the only nutritional facts to watch out for when selecting foods to eat, modern science and diet have shown us that is not always true.

One of the main ways of keeping fat down in the human body is to eat foods that have a low-glycemic index almost exclusively, meaning foods that don't spike your blood sure, thereby keeping it low. When you blood sugar is high, your body gets the signal to store more fat, and fat is much easier to put on that it is to burn off in most cases.

Here are some examples of low-glycemic and high-glycemic foods and the advantages and disadvantages they provide nutritionally:

High-Glycemic:

1. Pizza-

Pretty much all pizza is made on white bread i.e. dough which contains a lot of flour. The dough in pizza crust will spike your blood sugar to a high point, especially considering how much of it people eat when they eat pizza and considering the popularity of deep dish pizza which contains a lot of crust. On top of that, the side dish of choice for pizza is often the breadstick which only makes things worse, and the beverage of choice with pizza is pop which contains a lot of sugar as well.

When your body eats pizza, the crust makes your blood sugar high and then many of the toppings on the pizza are easily converted to fat. Cheese is the number-one worst thing about the pizza in combination with the crust that makes your body store fat, although things like ham and pepperoni are pretty bad as well. These elements combine to make pizza a fat-storing nightmare.

2. White Bread-

If fast-food places would just stop using white-bread buns on their sandwiches, we'd all be a lot healthier. Well, at least a decent amount healthier considering how much America eats fast food. White bread spikes the glycemic index and makes the sandwich/burger toppings that contain fat store fat in the body. On top of that, white bread is quickly absorbed compared to wheat bread and has more calories. And because the release of energy is quicker, you're more like to be hungry again soon.

Low-Glycemic: