Chickpeas are low GL, so when we eat chickpeas based products, we do not get a spike in blood glucose response.
Some studies (1) show that chickpea based diets could help in prevention of excess far accumulation induced by a high fat diet and could be beneficial in correcting the obesity-related diseases.
Another study (2) showed that chickpea flour added in the content of the pasta resulted in a lower glycaemic response in healthy subjects than in the case of wheat only pasta or lower LDL cholesterol - the 'bad' one (study 3).
As these indicate that chickpea is not only low GL, but beneficial in obesity management, I will try next days some chickpeas and chickpea flour recipes: some chickpea flour falafel, some flatbreads, some pizzas....mmm....
References
(1) Dietary chickpeas reverse visceral adiposity, dyslipidaemia, and insulin resistance in rats induced by a chronic high-fat diet
(2) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814602004806
(3) http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?typ=pdf&doi=98143
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