Hacks To Lower Glycemic Index Of Sugar-spiking Foods
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Hacks to lower glycemic index of sugar-spiking foods
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Glycemic index (GI) determines how foods affect blood sugar levels, with high-GI foods causing rapid spikes and low-GI foods leading to a gradual rise.
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Dr Karan Rajan suggests hacks to lower the GI of certain foods, such as toasting and freezing bread, and consuming green, unripe bananas for increased resistant starch content.
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Toasting bread and reheating it after freezing can almost double the formation of retrograded starch, which acts like fibre and benefits gut health.
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Green, unripe bananas contain more resistant starch and less sugar compared to ripe bananas, aiding gut health and promoting satiety.
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Eating the apple core without the seeds provides additional prebiotic fibre, contributing to improved digestion and stable blood sugar levels.
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Preparing cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower or cabbage by chopping them up 40 minutes before cooking enhances their antioxidant content, particularly sulforaphane.