The recent study that was carried out on the link between carbohydrates and heart disease risk in women has shown that there is an absolute direct link between the two.
The results show that the chances of developing heart disease can actually be doubled when compared to men doing the exact same thing.
It actually just involves carbohydrates which are known as refined carbohydrates and these can be easily noticed if you look at the glycemic index as they have a higher number and this is what shows you have a higher risk of heart disease.
Basically the higher the number the quicker the glucose is released into your body which of course means you have a real rush of blood sugar as a result of this.
Normal everyday foods such as white bread and white rice have a high GI reading and it does mean that they release triglycerides into your body and it is these which actually work against your body releasing the good carbohydrates that do a lot of good work in your body.
This then means your body is less able to work against the bad carbohydrates and it is this part that can greatly increase your chance of heart disease as it is left to just build up inside your body.
They actually spent time studying thousands of men and women and the results that they came to were very clear that it was just women that this applied to.
It is therefore reasonable for them to conclude that a man is for some reason able to deal with this increase in glucose in an entirely different way to women which leads to the increased risk.
You should therefore consider trying to find out about more foods which have a lower GI number and you can do this by looking it up on special GI tables on the internet.
Keep in mind though that carbohydrates are required by your body so do keep them in the diet but just pay more attention to the type as your body can then just focus on the good cholesterol.
The changes that you need to make are pretty small but if you are from a family with a history of heart disease then it could be one of the best changes that you make.
This study did involve thousands of people so it was a large scale program so do not just look at it as some form of scare tactics but take it on board and try to act upon it.