People who eat a lot of low-fiber and processed foods that
quickly spike blood sugars may, not surprisingly, have a
significantly higher risk of the most common form of diabetes,
according to a new study. "By raising blood sugar and demanding
that the pancreas keep pumping more insulin, meal after meal,
day after day, a high-glycemic diet can put people at risk over
the edge," said Dr. David Ludwig, who studies obesity at Boston
Children's Hospital but was not involved in the work. The report
analyzes 24 studies published since 1997 that tracked what
125,000 adults ate. The new study confirms links prior
researchers made between those so-called high-glycemic foods -
including white bread and potatoes - and diabetes. Published in
the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the new report from
researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, Oxford
University in the UK, and others found that the 125,000 studied
adults daily ate an average of 139 grams of sugar or its
equivalent. According to the U.S. C