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Many health and lifestyle benefits are based on low glycemic foods.
Our Original Ezekiel 4:9® Organic Sprouted Whole Grain Bread (in the orange wrapper) and all four of our Ezekiel 4:9® Organic Sprouted Whole Grain Pastas meet the strict criteria and carry the low glycemic, Diabetic Friendly Seal.
Generally speaking, low-glycemic foods are better for diabetics and people trying to lose weight. These foods have been proven to reduce incidence of Type II diabetes and to help control Type I and II diabetes, hypoglycemia and hypertension. Low Glycemic foods can also be helpful in reducing the risk of heart disease.
Sprouting Grain and the Glycemic Index
High-glycemic-index foods trigger strong insulin responses, exposing the
body to stress. By comparison, low-glycemic value foods usually do not provoke a strong, stressful insulin response.
When sprouting occurs, the grain is partially predigested. This creates vitamin nutrients which help your body digest and absorb the healthy content of the grain. As well, the starches have already started being converted into maltose during the sprouting process, reducing the final maltose content and producing a lower glycemic response. People who are diabetic do a lot better eating our sprouted grain bread.
Did you know that maltose (the grain sugar produced during the sprouting process) is the slowest absorbing sugar in the human body? That's right!
Our live grain difference means delicious baked goods made with whole "pre-germinated" grains like wheat, spelt, barley, and other whole grains.
Our Ezekiel 4:9® foods – made from freshly sprouted grains, beans and seeds – don't tend to cause "sugar spikes", and have a more modest affect on blood glucose loads than processed carbohydrates such as refined flour.
