Re: Stasia and all the glycemic stuff..need help again

[Guest guest]

Here is one site : http://www.glycemicindex.com/

just click on the gi database and type in the food.

Hope it helps.

Shonda

> Okay..can I be a freak for a second? okay..great...

>

> Stasia..you were saying fruit won't make you fat. but the glycemic

> book I have been following says I can't eat pineapple or

watermelon

> till I reach my goal. I was wondering if you can post that

glycemic

> index you use? I would just like to grab any fruit I can you know.

>

> and here is another question. sooo..what I am thinking is the

higher

> the glycemic index of a food the higher the calories? is that true

or

> not nessacarily? probably not when like you look at beans and

oatmeal

> which are low glycemic but higher in cals. how much does the

glycemic

> index matter..more than cals in cals out? so maybe what I am

> doing..the results I have are from cals in and out..maybe not

really

> the low glycemic stuff..or is it both? am I making any sense at

all?

> cause I stopped eating bananas and pineapple and watermelon

thinking

> they will make me fat cause the book I follow says not to eat it.

> but..maybe it is not such a great book to follow. I know I have

> talked about this before but I cannot remember. which glycemic

index

> is right? I know I have asked this before! I am really sorry to

> repeat..but my head forgets. thank you so much for helping me!

> Kathi

[Guest guest]

> Okay..can I be a freak for a second? okay..great...

>

> Stasia..you were saying fruit won't make you fat. but the glycemic

> book I have been following says I can't eat pineapple or watermelon

> till I reach my goal. I was wondering if you can post that glycemic

> index you use? I would just like to grab any fruit I can you know.

>

> and here is another question. sooo..what I am thinking is the higher

> the glycemic index of a food the higher the calories? is that true or

> not nessacarily? probably not when like you look at beans and oatmeal

> which are low glycemic but higher in cals. how much does the glycemic

> index matter..more than cals in cals out? so maybe what I am

> doing..the results I have are from cals in and out..maybe not really

> the low glycemic stuff..or is it both? am I making any sense at all?

> cause I stopped eating bananas and pineapple and watermelon thinking

> they will make me fat cause the book I follow says not to eat it.

> but..maybe it is not such a great book to follow. I know I have

> talked about this before but I cannot remember. which glycemic index

> is right? I know I have asked this before! I am really sorry to

> repeat..but my head forgets. thank you so much for helping me!

> Kathi

" All carbs are not created equal " applies to fruits. Some fruits are higher on

the GI scale

than others. For example, out of 100, 1 sunkist orange has a GI of 48 while a

pineapple

can be of 68, watermelon of 80 and an apple of 40.

You should look at both Glycemic Index and Glycemic load.. glycemic load

measures the

total response to a food.

Check out http://www.glycemicindex.com , this site has a whole bunch of info on

glycemic index/load and how they work. It also has a database of products you

can check

data on if you want.

I know you love cheese so you may want to put " cheese " into their GI database

and see the

outcome of the glycemic load

[Guest guest]

Here's the other site:

http://diabetes.about.com/library/mendosagi/ngilists.htm

Glycemic index has nothing to do with calories. All it means is how

fast the particular food enters your bloodstream and how high it

spikes your insulin output.

Don't worry about fruit. All you have to do is be conscious of your

portion size. An inch thick or so slice of watermelon is fine just

don't eat a quarter of a watermelon. Ditto the pineapple. White

bread, potatoes, and white rice have a higher GI than a spoonful of

table sugar. Interesting eh?

Stasia

> Okay..can I be a freak for a second? okay..great...

>

> Stasia..you were saying fruit won't make you fat. but the glycemic

> book I have been following says I can't eat pineapple or watermelon

> till I reach my goal. I was wondering if you can post that glycemic

> index you use? I would just like to grab any fruit I can you know.

>

> and here is another question. sooo..what I am thinking is the

higher

> the glycemic index of a food the higher the calories? is that true

or

> not nessacarily? probably not when like you look at beans and

oatmeal

> which are low glycemic but higher in cals. how much does the

glycemic

> index matter..more than cals in cals out? so maybe what I am

> doing..the results I have are from cals in and out..maybe not

really

> the low glycemic stuff..or is it both? am I making any sense at

all?

> cause I stopped eating bananas and pineapple and watermelon

thinking

> they will make me fat cause the book I follow says not to eat it.

> but..maybe it is not such a great book to follow. I know I have

> talked about this before but I cannot remember. which glycemic

index

> is right? I know I have asked this before! I am really sorry to

> repeat..but my head forgets. thank you so much for helping me!

> Kathi

[Guest guest]

I have a book that talks about the Glycemic Load being as big a factor as the

Glycemic Index. I find that I check the Load before the Index because the Load

takes in to account what you'd actually eat at a time. While foods like

watermelon and carrots can contain a high level of sugar, they don't when you

take in to consideration the amount you consume in a serving. The book I have

is The New Glucose Revolution. Type either term in google and you can find lots

of good info online. I would have never thought about the GL of a food till

reading the book.

Stasia and all the glycemic stuff..need

help again

Okay..can I be a freak for a second? okay..great...

Stasia..you were saying fruit won't make you fat. but the glycemic

book I have been following says I can't eat pineapple or watermelon

till I reach my goal. I was wondering if you can post that glycemic

index you use? I would just like to grab any fruit I can you know.

and here is another question. sooo..what I am thinking is the higher

the glycemic index of a food the higher the calories? is that true or

not nessacarily? probably not when like you look at beans and oatmeal

which are low glycemic but higher in cals. how much does the glycemic

index matter..more than cals in cals out? so maybe what I am

doing..the results I have are from cals in and out..maybe not really

the low glycemic stuff..or is it both? am I making any sense at all?

cause I stopped eating bananas and pineapple and watermelon thinking

they will make me fat cause the book I follow says not to eat it.

but..maybe it is not such a great book to follow. I know I have

talked about this before but I cannot remember. which glycemic index

is right? I know I have asked this before! I am really sorry to

repeat..but my head forgets. thank you so much for helping me!

Kathi

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