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What is the "Glycemic Index" and why is it all the rage in weight loss?
First, you should know that Xagave is a VERY LOW Glycemic Index (or "GI") food and is approximately 30 on the GI scale.
The benefits of low GI foods, including Xagave, are as follows:
 Helps curb appetite and encourage weight loss
Provides a great source of energy and will eliminate the mid-afternoon lethargic/drowsy feeling
Appears to reduce the risk of heart disease
Appears to help reduce/prevent type 2 diabetes
What is the Glycemic Index?
The GI is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in the circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers - the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A GI of 70 or more is HIGH, a GI of 56 to 69, inclusive, is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is LOW (again, Xagave is 30!).
 What is the bottom line of “spiking” blood sugar levels?
The simple explanation is this: Your body processes food and breaks it down into sugars that it can use as energy. Once the body has broken foods down to sugar, it either uses the sugar as energy to fuel your body’s activity or it “stores” that energy as fat so that it can be utilized at a later date. High GI foods, such as table sugar, honey, and high fructose corn syrup require very little processing so if the body does not need the energy, it stores the energy as fat for use at a later time. The high GI sweeteners, similar to gas on a fire, provide an immediate burst of energy, but once the fuel has been stored as fat, you begin to feel lethargic and HUNGRY and you “flame out”. You become hungry and you eat more high GI foods to get the energy back (like a drug and that “high” feeling) and the cycle begins all over again. This cycle is the cause of overeating and over consumption of calories. This is why sitting at your desk and eating a candy bar, or drinking a soda drink with high fructose corn syrup, is not a good idea. It is a short-term fix with bad long-term results in both energy levels and health consequences resulting from being overweight.
Xagave takes your body time to process and convert it to energy because it is a low GI food.
You will not feel the highs and lows of sugar – you will just feel better and you will be more productive. Again, using the fire analogy, sugar is like gas – you get a big flame but it goes out fast. Xagave is like a log that burns for several hours providing a much better long-term source of energy. |
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