Low Glycemic Nutrition

Wolfberry (goji berry) Most people aren’t aware that we do need some sugar to live a healthy life and that the types of sugars consumed play a vital role in our health. Our body’s cells cannot communicate without glycoproteins (sugar and protein combined), these are also known as polysaccharides. Researchers discovered an unusual glycoprotien complex in the wolfberry fruit (Lycium barbarum), it’s a long-chain molecule that contains 18 amino acids. It is this unique make-up that is responsible for many of the wolfberry’s (goji berry) powerful immune boosting, low glycemic, and cardio-protective properties.

Life Insurance Statistics

Insurance statistics complied by Equitable Life:

29 year old diabetics live 16 years less than non-diabetics
39 year old diabetics live 11 years less than non-diabetics
49 year old diabetics live 10 years less than non-diabetics

It is thought that smoking a pack of cigarettes a day takes 7.5 years off your life. Yet high sugar levels in the diet are twice as more damaging to health than smoking a pack a day.

Which begs us to ask the question, “why would schools be dishing out cookies and other sweets when they don’t put out cigarettes and ashtrays because they are unhealthy?”

Other Statistics

It is estimated that 8 percent of the US population has diabetes and 3.2 percent don’t even know they have diabetes
Blood sugar acts like a free-radical in the body
Accelerates chemical reactions with oxygen, proteins, and fats; just like a free-radical
New England Journal of Medicine Diabetes Prevention Program featured a study from the George Washington University of Maryland, they followed people for years and looked at which worked better, drugs or diet. They found diet can control the incidence of diabetes by 31%. Concluding that lifestyle and a low-glycemic diet out performed Metformin by almost 100%.

Clearly a low-glycemic diet not only prevents diabetes but also slows down aging!

The glycemic index measures the rate that carbohydrates break down and release glucose into the bloodstream. High-glycemic foods have a dangerous effect on insulin secretion. As poor food choices push more and more people into diabetes, high-glycemic foods must be avoided. High-glycemic foods also play a role in obesity rates increasing in every state except Oregon in 2004.[1]

High Glycemic Foods

100 Glucose
92 Brown Rice Pasta
88 White Rice
85 Baked potato
80 Corn Flakes
72 Whole Wheat Bread
72 Watermelon
70 White Bread
68 White Sugar (Sucrose)
67 Grapenuts Cereal
64 Raisins

Moderately-high Glycemic Foods

58 Papaya (raw)
57 Orange Juice
55 Popcorn
55 Oatmeal
55 Corn
55 Brown Rice
54 Buckwheat
52 Kiwi fruit (raw)
42 Pinto Beans
42 All-Bran Cereal
41 Whole Wheat

Low Glycemic Foods

38 Yogurt
38 Navy Beans
36 Chickpeas
32 Skim Milk
31 Apricots (dried)
30 Green Beans
29 Lentils
29 NingXia Wolfberry (dried) (item #6360)
27 Kidney Beans
25 Grapefruit
25 Barley
14 Wolfberry Crisp Bar (item #6315)
11 NingXia Red (juice, 1 oz.) (item #3003/1 liter or #3043/4 liters)

Diabetes and NingXia Red

This is why it’s important to know which type of sugar is in a fruit, food, or beverage; particularly if you’re diabetic or watching your glycemic index consumption.

The NingXia wolfberry, not to be confused with other wolfberries or goji berries, contains these types of sugars; glucose and galactose, and also the rare and vital sugars of arabinose, rhamnose, xylose, and mannose.

Most juices have a higher glycemic index than the fruits they are derived from. NingXia Red has been extensively tested and found to be low glycemic. The fiber in wolfberries keeps the sugars from “spiking” in the blood, making NingXia Red a healthy choice even for diabetics.

Sugar Profile of the NingXia Wolfberry

62.70% Glucose
14.80% Mannose
13.30% Xylose
4.30% Galactose
1.03% Rhamnose
* Arabinose
* Fucose
* Neuramic

Of the eight essential sugars, the NingXia wolfberry has six. NingXia Red delivers these sugars as part of whole foods rather than as a concoction of isolated ingredients often marketed. Considering that it also contains blueberries, raspberries, pomegranates, apricots, and dark grapes—all of which are well known for their health benefits— NingXia Red is, in fact, a wonderful source of all eight essential sugars. Glucose and Galactose have the ability to convert into the missing Fucos and Neuramic, but minerals are necessary to make the conversion. NingXia Red has an abundance of minerals in forms most easily assimilated, and does not contain any sweet high glycemic cheap junk juices (i.e., pear, grape and apple) which are found in all other juices.

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