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Eating lots of carbs that quickly raise your blood sugar may raise your chance of having a stroke, but eating carbs that are high or low on the glycemic scale doesn’t seem to matter as much — it’s more about how much you eat than what kind.
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Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Stroke Mortality: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Human
2012This study found that eating lots of carbs that spike blood sugar quickly (high glycemic load) raises stroke risk, but eating carbs that are high or low on the glycemic index scale doesn’t make much difference — so it’s the amount that matters, not the type.
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