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We reviewed Glycemic Index Diet Plans last week to provide an insiders view as to how the programs work.  Here's our summary on plan options, different providers, costs, and how the diet works.

About the Glycemic Index:

The glycemic index is a ranking system which scores carbohydrates based on their quality and impact on blood sugar.  Sure, not all carbs are equal, and the glycemic index recognizes this and is focused less about the number of carbs (as found on box labels) than the type of carbs.

Put simply, foods with a high glycemic index value are rapidly digested and result in dramatic spikes in blood sugar and insulin.  This directly impacts your energy, hunger levels, digestive capacity, and ability to lose weight.

Glycemic Diet Plan Providers & Costs:

We looked at 3 popular options for resources & starter kits for the GI Diet.  Here's some options:

1. Online GI Diet Plans – eDiets offers a great "Glycemic Impact" interactive plan.  At $3.99/week, it's affordable and consistently earns our readers praise – especially their "get started" program.
2. GI Meal Delivery Plans – NutriSystem offers a really solid Glycemic Index prepared meal plan.  They also have a 1 Free Week offer option.  These are frozen, packaged meals delivered to your door each week.  Great for working parents or those too busy to shop/prepare food every day.
3. GI Diet Books & Plans – They lack interactive planning guides or support but hit the basics.  An option for do-it-yourself users.

Inside Look at How the Interactive GI Diet from eDiets works:

Starting the glycemic index diet is a lot easier with some structured help to get going on the right track.  Interactive (online) plans are the cheapest way to get started – and eDiets consistently earns the best ratings from GlycemicEdge.com readers

While eDiets has over 20 online plans to choose from, we we're only interested in their Glycemic Impact plan.  It didn't disappoint – providing printable GI food lists, detailed grocery plans, interactive planners of GI food / diet plans, and more.

An inside look at the flow and what you can expect is below: 

Part 1: Signing up for their Free GI Diet Profile Analysis

Pretty easy and clean process.  Includes realistic goal setting and timeframes for when you want to hit your weight loss goal.  Also includes BMI (body mass index) calculations.

Part 2: Inside eDiets: Progress Charts (your Diet Dashboard)

We love this.  It puts all your key data into one place – including starting health points, goals, daily calorie guides, BMI levels (original, current, and goal BMI).  Visual display of your weight loss by date.  eDiets also provides a sliding bar and customized interactive health plans for exercise to accelerate your daily/weekly weight loss goals.

Part 3: Shopping Lists and Glycemic Index Specifics

This is where the real planning and help begins.  Plans and guides specific to the Glycemic Index plan – our favorite is their interactive shopping list.  It's printable (makes it easy to hit the grocery store with low GI approved foods), plus eDiets has pre-planned low GI Meal Plans that are pre-approved to be GI friendly.

The shopping list includes categories for meat, frozen foods, produce, canned, dry goods, fruits/juices, and more (like candy – yes, candy….)

Part 4: Glycemic Index Interactive Plans and 'jumpstart' guides to get started

Overall, we continue to be really impressed by eDiets interactive plans.  They're cheap (about $4/week – a real bargain compared to most of their competitors) and make a huge difference — especially if you're just getting started or thinking about getting started on a low GI diet but need help to see how it works and pick the right foods on an ongoing basis. We would like to see even more recipes and videos is one of our few gripes.

Also – eDiets (like NutriSystem, MediFast, and others) now offers a delivery plan that includes the Glycemic Index.  So whether you go the online plan (do it yourself shopping) or delivery (autopilot – everything is done for you) it's a great choice to get started.  Click here to get a free GI diet profile to test it out yourself.