Our Body’s Blood Glucose Response

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Based on our daily diet patterns, apart from stress levels, exercise and sleep, we end up affecting our blood glucose response. High GI (Glycaemic Index) is generally thought to be bad for us, while Low GI food is considered good.

New research is finding out that different people of the same gender and age can react differently to the same kind of diet, and the traditional classification of High and Low GI is not uniform for everyone.

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Are There Downsides to the Sweetener Stevia?

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Some researchers warn that we don’t have enough evidence to fully understand how sweeteners that have no calories affect the body.

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Sugar Substitute

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Stevia, a sugar substitute, is generally regarded as safe by health and food safety organizations. The studies that they rely on are industry-funded, so we have to take their take on this artificia...

Artificial Sweetener Stevia

Though Stevia is 300 to 400 times sweeter than sugar, the Center of Science in the Public Interest, which is a food advocacy group, considers it safer than other substitutes and artificial sweeteners.

Many products club Stevia with other sugar alcohols like erythritol, which can cause digestive complications.

Long Term Usage of Nonnutritive Sweeteners

It can cause metabolic effects, and may not be helpful for weight loss.

Sweeteners are also associated with obesity, diabetes and heart disease, apart from affecting our gut microbes.

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6 Things the World's Most Successful Diets Have in Common

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Many tried-and-tested diets have stood the test of time. These include the Mediterranean diet, low-carb diets, the paleo diet, and whole-foods, plant-based diets. These diets - and others shown to be healthy long term - share a few important similarities. Here are 6 things that all successful diets have in common.

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What successful diets have in common

Low in added sugar.
Eliminate refined carbs.
Avoid vegetable oils high in Omega-6 Fat.
Eliminate artificial trans fats, linked to inflammation and condition...

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Nearly all Americans fail to eat enough of this actual superfood

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When we fret about the deterioration of the American diet, we tend to focus on the excessive amounts of sugar, salt, and calories we're now eating. What we don't talk about: an important ingredient that's gone missing as we've been filling our plates with more chicken and cheese. Fiber.

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Fiber gap

Only 5 percent of people in the US meet the Institute of Medicine’s recommended daily target of 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men. That amounts to a population-wide deficiency.

Benefits of a fiber-rich diet

Eating a fiber-rich diet is associated with better gastrointestinal health and a reduced risk of heart attacks, strokes, high cholesterol, obesity, type 2 diabetes, even some cancers. Fiber slows the absorption of glucose — which evens out our blood sugar levels — and also lowers cholesterol and inflammation.

Fiber doesn’t just help us poop better — it also nourishes our gut microbiome.

Processed foods and fiber

Instead of munching on fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, and seeds, more than half of the calories Americans consume come from ultra-processed foods. On any given day, nearly 40 percent of Americans eat fast food. These prepared and processed meals tend to be low in fiber, or even fiber free.

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