Scary and interesting blood sugar article

Meerataila
Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Now I want mine tested.

http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/why-blood-sugar-matters/

Why Blood Sugar Matters
It's no longer just certain people who need to worry about their blood sugar; it's pretty much everyone.



Read more: http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/why-blood-sugar-matters/2/#ixzz38awHYA96

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  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    "from Magic Foods " ... a book that shows no listed author. None of the studies are accurately cited.
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    "from Magic Foods " ... a book that shows no listed author. None of the studies are accurately cited.

    :grumble: Tsk tsk, Reader's Digest. If you're going to worry people, you need proper sources!
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    "from Magic Foods " ... a book that shows no listed author. None of the studies are accurately cited.

    :grumble: Tsk tsk, Reader's Digest. If you're going to worry people, you need proper sources!

    Well, that's easy enough to fix. Here's a similar report with a nice, hefty bibliography: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    "from Magic Foods " ... a book that shows no listed author. None of the studies are accurately cited.

    :grumble: Tsk tsk, Reader's Digest. If you're going to worry people, you need proper sources!

    Well, that's easy enough to fix. Here's a similar report with a nice, hefty bibliography: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/
    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/86/4/988.abstract
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    "from Magic Foods " ... a book that shows no listed author. None of the studies are accurately cited.

    :grumble: Tsk tsk, Reader's Digest. If you're going to worry people, you need proper sources!

    Well, that's easy enough to fix. Here's a similar report with a nice, hefty bibliography: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/
    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/86/4/988.abstract

    "The proposed protective effect of low-dietary GI and GL diets on diabetes risk could not be confirmed in this study. " - The conclusion from the link you provided.
  • 59gi
    59gi Posts: 307 Member
    "from Magic Foods " ... a book that shows no listed author. None of the studies are accurately cited.

    :grumble: Tsk tsk, Reader's Digest. If you're going to worry people, you need proper sources!

    Well, that's easy enough to fix. Here's a similar report with a nice, hefty bibliography: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/

    Yes, awesome source. Blood sugar matters!
  • tempamatic
    tempamatic Posts: 10 Member
    Thank you, Brian, for saying what I wanted to say. Junk science like this is why the state of nutrition research is in such disrepute. It's full of guesswork, wive's tales, unreasonable correlation/causation assumptions and clickbait. Phooey.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    "from Magic Foods " ... a book that shows no listed author. None of the studies are accurately cited.

    :grumble: Tsk tsk, Reader's Digest. If you're going to worry people, you need proper sources!

    Well, that's easy enough to fix. Here's a similar report with a nice, hefty bibliography: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/

    Yes, awesome source. Blood sugar matters!

    All it does is define and describe glycemic loads and indecies ... it doesn't go into the scare technique of the Reader's Digest entry. Weight matters ... body fat percentages matter ... eliminating sugars is really only indicated for those with existing conditions.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    "from Magic Foods " ... a book that shows no listed author. None of the studies are accurately cited.

    :grumble: Tsk tsk, Reader's Digest. If you're going to worry people, you need proper sources!

    Well, that's easy enough to fix. Here's a similar report with a nice, hefty bibliography: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/
    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/86/4/988.abstract

    "The proposed protective effect of low-dietary GI and GL diets on diabetes risk could not be confirmed in this study. " - The conclusion from the link you provided.
    I am aware. Thank you for summarizing for those who were unable or unwilling to read the abstract.
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    Another scare article about hacking/unhacking the system. Tsk tsk.
  • leahraskie
    leahraskie Posts: 260 Member
    Just eat the food. Jeez, if it doesn't seem healthy don't eat it. Glycemic index is somewhat bunk genetically because people of Asian descent can eat tons of rice no problem, but people of Hispanic descent do the same and they end up diabetic.


    :/ I eat like crap and I have hypoglycemia often, according to the glycemic index that shouldn't happen. Eat what feels good for your body.
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  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    :/ I eat like crap and I have hypoglycemia often, according to the glycemic index that shouldn't happen.
    I see your point. The crap index doesn't correlate with the glycemic index.
  • leahraskie
    leahraskie Posts: 260 Member
    :/ I eat like crap and I have hypoglycemia often, according to the glycemic index that shouldn't happen.
    I see your point. The crap index doesn't correlate with the glycemic index.

    I meant that as in foods with super high glycemic values. The sarcasm was unneeded.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    I am a bit mixed about the article... though I do not want everyone freaking out and buying test strips to monitor their blood glucose. I'm already paying $1.50 per strip (and I test roughly 10x a day), and I have a suspicion that manufacturers will increase their prices if demand increases.

    I am also confused on their definition of a "blood sugar spiking" diet. Are they following the glycemic index and also considering the effects of fat on glucose absorption?
  • northbanu
    northbanu Posts: 366 Member
    I get all my nutrition advice from Readers Digest. Not a finer source for sound, reasonable advice on all aspects of life. Actual sources are for non-believers. And I just LOVE the Humor in Uniform section.
  • cwoyto123
    cwoyto123 Posts: 308
    They didn't even cite any articles nor studies, lol.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    They didn't even cite any articles nor studies, lol.

    Does it matter?
    It's Reader's Diiiiiiiiigest, for fricks sake!
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    Just eat the food. Jeez, if it doesn't seem healthy don't eat it. Glycemic index is somewhat bunk genetically because people of Asian descent can eat tons of rice no problem, but people of Hispanic descent do the same and they end up diabetic.


    :/ I eat like crap and I have hypoglycemia often, according to the glycemic index that shouldn't happen. Eat what feels good for your body.

    You experience hypoglycemia often because you likely overproduce insulin which leads to hypoglycemia… especially when you eat foods with a high glycemic index.
  • northbanu
    northbanu Posts: 366 Member
    You experience hypoglycemia often because you likely overproduce insulin which leads to hypoglycemia… especially when you eat foods with a high glycemic index.

    Good theory. I think it's because an ex-girl/boy friend is stuffing jelly beans down a voodoo doll made in his likeness from a lock of his hair and an old piece of his clothing.

    But you could be right.... :-)
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  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    So we get an article that is far more assured than it should be, then peer-reviewed sources that are saying okay, maybe, but we don't know for certain. And this is the sort of mixed signals that causes non-scientists interested in their health to shrug and go into a full on ice cream spiral of apathy.

    I won't quote from Reader's Digest again, that's for damn sure. But that still leaves open the question of whether we should aim for lower blood sugar levels just in case.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Just eat the food. Jeez, if it doesn't seem healthy don't eat it. Glycemic index is somewhat bunk genetically because people of Asian descent can eat tons of rice no problem, but people of Hispanic descent do the same and they end up diabetic.


    :/ I eat like crap and I have hypoglycemia often, according to the glycemic index that shouldn't happen. Eat what feels good for your body.

    You experience hypoglycemia often because you likely overproduce insulin which leads to hypoglycemia… especially when you eat foods with a high glycemic index.
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1467-789X.2002.00080.x/abstract

    " To conclude, there is no evidence at present that low-GI foods are superior to high-GI foods in regard to long-term body weight control."

    http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hypoglycemia/basics/causes/con-20021103

    Please link the studies indicating eating foods with a high GI causes hypoglycemia.

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