Glycemic Index Diet

Known as the “GI Diet”, the “low Glycemic Index diet”, and the “Glycemic Index diet”, this weight loss system purports to help participants lose weight if they pay attention to food rankings and only eat foods that are low on the Glycemic Index. Originally designed to help diabetics control their blood sugar levels, the Glycemic Index is a system which arranges foods by how they affect blood glucose. All carbohydrates will have some effect on blood glucose, and this index attempts to rank it. Glucose is ranked at 100 and other foods are charted on that scale, with 100 used for foods having the highest levels and 0 foods having the lowest. Most often foods are ranked according to high (70 and above), moderate (55-69), and low (55 and under).
The GI Diet works by ensuring that participants who eat low glucose foods avoid the “sugar rush” which is theoretically responsible for weight gain. The scale seems to vary according to which site compiled their particular index, and it can infer that healthy foods such as potatoes (98) are a bad choice while promoting ice cream (32) as a better one. From a nutritional standpoint, that is clearly not sound reasoning and many nutritionists do have issues with this diet for that reason.
While this diet requires a great deal of work in order to figure out a food’s rank and keep your numbers low, current medical evidence shows that it does not appear to significantly increase weight loss.