The Best Option for Losing Weight?

Many dieters will tell you: losing weight is easy; it's keeping the weight off that's hard.


But now researchers in Denmark say they've found the perfect diet for keeping it off -- and it doesn't involve counting calories.


The best diet for weight loss maintenance, say researchers at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) at the University of Copenhagen, is one that is low fat, high in protein and low in food with a high "glycemic index."


The glycemic index is a measure of a food's ability to raise blood glucose levels. Generally, raw or unprocessed foods have a low GI and take longer to digest than refined foods such as white bread and sugary foods.



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Foods with a low glycemic index:


* wholegrain breads with many kernels

* wholegrain pasta

* whole oats (not instant or ground oats)

* brown rice

* apples, pears, oranges, raspberries and strawberries.

* nearly all vegetables, with the exception of corn. Most vegetables should preferably be eaten raw

* boiled new potatoes

* beans and legumes


Foods with a high glycemic index:


* white bread and buns

* white rice

* most refined cereals and crackers

* bananas (especially overripe bananas), grapes, kiwi, pineapple and melon

* mashed potatoes and baked potatoes

* sugary foods such as donuts