Embracing a wide variety of foods at mealtime, including foods across the glycemic index, helps moderate the blood-sugar impact of the entire meal. Authors of a study published in 2019 found that combining rice (a high-glycemic-index food) with egg, bean sprouts, and sesame or olive oils lowered the overall glycemic index of the meal.
“Adding a healthy protein and lots of vegetables to your favorite starches, like rice, can cause less of a spike in your blood sugar.”
Uma Naidoo, MD, director of nutritional, lifestyle, and metabolic psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and author of Calm Your Mind With Food, explains how simple this can be. “Adding a healthy protein and lots of vegetables to your favorite starches, like rice, can cause less of a spike in your blood sugar.” (Learn more about food combining here.)
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Learn what you need to know about the sugar’s effects on your health at “12 Common Questions About Sugar and Your Health — Answered,” from which this article was excerpted.
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