Men: Here's How to Keep the Pounds Off for Good.

Choose your carbohydrates with low glycemic index and low glycemic load. Glycemic Index is the amount of sugar in a food (100 is the highest, 0 is the lowest) and Glycemic Load is how fast food turns into glucose. The faster food turns into glucose, the worse it is for blood sugar balance. For example, I bet you guys love your cereal in the morning, don't you? Well, most cereals (just your good old shredded wheat, cheerios, or rice krispies) are all high glycemix index and load. Where 40 or less is an ideal number, most breakfast cereals are 70 or higher. On the flipside, while most of your whole fruits and vegetables may be naturally high in sugar, which makes their glycemic index high, their glycemic load, which shows how quickly the food turns into glucose is well below the 40 range (between 4 and 12).

In a new study from The Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers found that a diet low in carbohydrate intake and low glycemic load have health benefits in men by positively affecting daylong glycemia, insulin sensitivity, liver fat, and weight. This was in men who had already lost weight and wanted to keep the weight off.