Low Glycemic Index Diet Helps Heart Patients Lose Weight: Study

Brussels [Belgium], May 23: According to a analysis supplied on the ACNAP-EuroHeartCare Congress 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, consuming low glycemic index meals promotes a more wholesome physique {{shape}} in victims with coronary artery sickness.

The glycemic index (GI) ranks carbohydrate-containing meals based mostly on how quickly they impact blood sugar ranges. High GI meals set off a speedy improve in blood sugar and embrace white bread, white rice, potatoes, and sweets.

Low GI meals are digested more slowly and progressively elevate blood sugar; they embrace some greens and fruit equal to apples, oranges, broccoli, and leafy greens, pulses equal to chickpeas, lentils, and kidney beans, and full grains equal to brown rice and oats. Meat, poultry, and fish should not have a GI rating on account of they do not embody carbohydrates.

Observational analysis have beforehand indicated that prime GI diets are associated to elevated risks of cardiovascular disease2 and type 2 diabetes.3 This randomized managed analysis assessed the potential benefit of a low GI weight reduction program on physique mass index (BMI), waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio in victims with coronary artery sickness. Heart Disease Patients Are More Prone to Insomnia: Study.

Between 2016 and 2019, the analysis randomly allotted 160 victims aged 38 to 76 years earlier to some months of each a low GI weight reduction program or routine weight reduction program. Both groups continued to acquire commonplace therapies for coronary artery sickness. Patients inside the low GI group have been urged to eat low GI meals and exclude extreme GI meals whereas persevering with their strange consumption of protein and fat.

The routine weight reduction program group was urged to eat the actually helpful weight reduction program for coronary artery sickness which limits fat and some proteins equal to whole milk, cheese, meat, egg yolks, and fried meals. Dietary adherence was assessed with a meals frequency questionnaire. Anthropometric indices have been measured at baseline and three months.

The frequent age of people was 58 years and 52 per cent have been women. Anthropometric indices have been associated between groups at baseline. At three months, all physique measurements had decreased inside every groups compared with baseline nonetheless the changes have been solely important inside the low GI group.

When the researchers in distinction changes from baseline to examine completion between groups, the low GI weight reduction program led to important reductions in BMI and waist circumference. BMI declined by 4.2 kg/m2 inside the low GI group compared with 1.4 kg/m2 inside the routine weight reduction program group. Waist circumference decreased by 9 cm inside the low GI group in distinction with 3.3 cm inside the routine weight reduction program group. There was no important distinction between groups for hip circumference and waist-to-hip ratio.

The researchers moreover investigated whether or not or not the intervention affected women and men differently. They found {{that a}} low GI weight reduction program was more vulnerable to have an effect on waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio in males in distinction with women. The helpful affect of a low GI weight reduction program on BMI was the an identical for men and women.

Study author Dr. Jamol Uzokov of the Republican Specialized Scientific-Practical Medical Center of Therapy and Medical Rehabilitation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan said: "While larger studies are needed to confirm these findings, our research indicates that emphasizing low GI foods as part of a balanced diet could help patients with heart disease control their body weight and their waistline." (ANI)