The Glycemic Index and Fiber

The glycemic index (GI) loves fiber, especially soluble fiber, in fact, you should eat quite a lot of soluble fiber when following a (GI) eating plan or diet! Soluble fiber is just so good for you; it is terribly hard to emphasize just how valuable fiber is in terms of the (GI), but suffice it to say that the (GI) and fiber are a marriage made in heaven.

There are three powerful tools that fiber, especially soluble fiber, will bring to any fight to control weight or to eat healthily. First of all soluble fiber helps to keep your blood sugars stable. Since this is an overall aim of the (GI) way of eating, you can easily understand why soluble fiber is just so prized and valued!

Now, it keeps your blood sugars low because it slows down the digestive system. Again this is an ‘aim’ of the (GI) way of eating, so once more, soluble fiber is hugely beneficial!

From an eater’s point of view, or even a slimmers point of view, these two points are essential, because you have stable blood sugars and you do not digest foods so quick. How does this make you feel? Right, you do not feel so hungry! You do not have the enormous dips and swings as your blood sugars get out of control. Your blood sugars are simply stable.  Because the foods are not digested so quickly, your stomach does not cry out for more food, since it is still busy digesting the last meal you had. Soluble fiber certainly is a winner!

Now the third trick that soluble fiber does is an invisible one and although it is extremely powerful, we do not see it or feel it, so we tend to ignore it! However, soluble fiber can help to lower your cholesterol! This is a big deal for many people who are paying the price for a lifetime of eating fatty foods or who just have high-cholesterol levels.

So given how powerful soluble fiber is, you can see why it is so valued on the glycemic index eating plan!

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