Low glycemic index breakfast reduces calorie intake of preadolescent children according to a recent study from Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom.

The one-fourth of people eating a diet with the highest glycemic index or highest glycemic load were 26 percent more likely to develop colorectal cancer compared to the one-fourth eating a diet with the lowest glycemic load. This according to an analysis of 39 studies.

The one-fourth of people eating a diet with the highest glycemic index or highest glycemic load were 26 percent more likely to develop colorectal cancer compared to the one-fourth eating a diet with the lowest glycemic load. This according to an analysis of 39 studies.

No association was found between eating a high glycemic index diet or high glycemic load diet were 26 percent and pancreatic cancer according to an analysis of 39 studies.

Type 2 diabetes is 40 percent more common in the one-fifth of people eating a diet with the highest glycemic index or highest glycemic load compared to the one-fifth eating a diet with the lowest glycemic index / glycemic load according to a study from the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia.

Coronary heart disease is 25 percent more common in the one-fifth of people eating a diet with the highest glycemic index or highest glycemic load compared to the one-fifth eating a diet with the lowest glycemic index / glycemic load according to a study from the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia.

Gallbladder disease is 26 percent more common in the one-fifth of people eating a diet with the highest glycemic index or highest glycemic load compared to the one-fifth eating a diet with the lowest glycemic index / glycemic load according to a study from the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia.

Breast cancer is 8 percent more common in the one-fifth of people eating a diet with the highest glycemic index or highest glycemic load compared to the one-fifth eating a diet with the lowest glycemic index / glycemic load according to a study from the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia.

Among overweight postmenopausal women, the one-forth eating the lowest glycemic index diet were 26 percent less likely to get breast cancer than the one-forth of women eating the highest glycemic index diet according to a study from France. To say this in reverse, the risk of breast cancer was 35 percent higher in the one-forth of women eating the highest glycemic index diet.

In a press release, Dr. Mark Hyman, author of the book UltraMetabolism, who you may have seen on PBS talking about weight loss, recommends that anyone trying to lose weight should be given a glucose tolerance test which measures blood sugar and insulin levels after you have eaten. And that anyone whose insulin levels go over 30 during the test, a mark of someone who secretes a lot of insulin, should be sure to eat “low glycemic load, whole-foods, unprocessed diet which keeps your blood sugar even”.

People on a calorie-reduced diet who consumed low glycemic index foods lost more weight than those eating high glycemic index foods. Those in the low glycemic index group lost an average of 7.5 percent of their body weight in two months versus 5.3 percent for those in the high glycemic index group.

A low glycemic index diet does not cause greater weight loss than a high glycemic index diet according to a year-and-a-half study from Brazil.

A low glycemic diet increases weight loss by 2.4 pounds more than a standard diet according to a review of six previous studies.

Patients with higher than normal insulin secretion on a low glycemic load diet lost 11 pounds more than those on a low fat diet according to a study from Children’s Hospital Boston in Boston, Massachusetts.

People lost a similar amount of weight when their carbohydrate-rich foods were replaced with high glycemic foods as compared to low glycemic foods according to a recent study from The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Frederiksberg, Denmark. However, there was a 10 percent decrease in LDL cholesterol in the low glycemic food group and a tendency for total cholesterol to decrease as well which was not seen in the high glycemic food group.

A low glycemic diet does not increase weight loss compared to a high glycemic diet according to a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A diet with a high glycemic load increases the risk of coronrary heart disease in women according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health. The one-tenth of women consuming the highest glycemic load were 90 percent more likely to get coronary heart disease over during the 20-year follow-up than the one-tenth of women consuming the lowest glycemic load.

Eating a diet with a high glycemic load, that is, a diet that raises blood sugar a lot, increases the risk of coronary heart disease in women by 90 percent according to a study from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

A diet containing a high glycemic load is not associated with body fat, belly fat or body mass index (BMI) in older men or women according to a new study from researchers at the University of Maryland and others.

Cardiac rehabilitation patients following a low glycemic load diet had lost an average of 6.2 pounds after six months compared to a weight gained of 0.4 pounds for patients who were asked to follow the principles of Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating for People Four Years and Over according to a new study.

In post-menopausal women, high glycemic index diets are associated with higher C-reactive protein levels—a marker of low grade chronic inflammation—, high triglycerides and lower HDL levels, all of which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease according to a recent paper.

Mice on a high glycemic index diet had 71 percent more body fat and 8 percent less lean body mass (muscle) than mice on a low glycemic index diet according to a new study from

Hormel Foods website defines glycemic index and glycemic load as follows.

In his interview, William Wilson, M.D., discussed a condition he has named Hypothalamic Pituitary Dysfunction, or HPD for short. In this article he provides an outline for diagnosis, treatment and examples of patients he has treated.

High-glycemic index foods increase calorie intake by 50 to 80 percent when compared to medium- and low-glycemic index foods.