Comment on Green Faces (or How to Hack Your Metabolism)Comments−ap2221314yI'm wondering if it's just because those foods happen to also be foods with low glycemic index [0].Based on an NPR story I heard yesterday [1] (if correct), I'd guess that you'd get similar results eating any of those types of foods [2].[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_index[1] http://www.wbur.org/npr/160757730/low-and-slow-may-be-the-wa...[2] http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/76/1/5/T1.expansion.html−jc4p14ySome other reading on the factuality of the importance some people/diets are putting on the glycemic index: http://alanaragon.com/glycemic-indexThe conclusions part is pretty great.
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I'm wondering if it's just because those foods happen to also be foods with low glycemic index [0].
Based on an NPR story I heard yesterday [1] (if correct), I'd guess that you'd get similar results eating any of those types of foods [2].
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_index
[1] http://www.wbur.org/npr/160757730/low-and-slow-may-be-the-wa...
[2] http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/76/1/5/T1.expansion.html
Some other reading on the factuality of the importance some people/diets are putting on the glycemic index: http://alanaragon.com/glycemic-index
The conclusions part is pretty great.