High glycemic diets increase the risk of Coronary Artery Disease

High glycemic index diets, from refined carbohydrates, increases the risk of coronary heart disease by 1.98 times compared with low GI diets.¹  Furthermore carbohydrates classified by glycemic index were found to be a stronger predictor of coronary heart disease than the traditional classification of “simple” and “complex”.  This again suggests that the glycemic index is a more accurate measure of a carbohydrate’s effect on our blood chemistry and resulting health.

1.                  A prospective study of dietary glycemic load, carbohydrate intake and risk of coronary heart disease in women. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;71:1455-61