White rice, the food Malaysia runs on, has a glycaemic index of 64–72. Nut butter: 14–25. A lower GI means a gentler blood sugar rise, slower digestion, and energy that actually lasts past your next meeting. Adding one tablespoon of nut butter to rice, congee, or bread lowers the entire meal’s GI significantly, without changing the food you love, just the way your body responds to it. This single habit costs less than a cup of teh tarik a day and is backed by clinical research. Why has nobody made this common knowledge yet?
Source: Atkinson et al., Diabetes Care, 2008 (GI of nut butter); Foster-Powell et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2002 (International Tables of GI and GL).
Sources: Source: Atkinson et al., Diabetes Care, 2008 (GI of nut butter); Foster-Powell et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2002 (International Tables of GI and GL).