Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Barley & Old World Foods was a few carb questions -Heidi

[Guest guest]

thank you heidi !

a little bit clearer but still wondering which carb is " better " of the bad -

potatoes/tubulars or grains....

i thought potatoes at first, but then as far as insulin is concerned - seems

that grains are slower to be processed and hence better for people with insulin

issues.

any thoughts?

angel

From: Heidi Schuppenhauer <heidis@...>

You might want to read the chapter on grains in Sally's book. Gives lots

of detail. Basically, like most things, it's not a good/evil

split with an easy answer....

[Guest guest]

>a little bit clearer but still wondering which carb is " better " of the bad -

potatoes/tubulars or grains....

>

>i thought potatoes at first, but then as far as insulin is concerned - seems

that grains are slower to be processed and hence better for people with insulin

issues.

>

>any thoughts?

>

>angel

Yeah: eat whatever makes you feel the best! For myself I started

experimenting, and whatever made me feel good an hour or 3 hours

after the meal " wins " ! My goal was to be able to eat a meal

and not be hungry for 4-5 hours (i.e. not such great insulin

swings). I didn't actually achieve that until I went on the Warrior

diet, and once I did that, it didn't seem to matter much what

I had for dinner in terms of the form of starches.

Actually it turns out that what makes me feel really GOOD is

a big huge salad with lox, nuts, oil, garlic, vegies etc., and fresh

fruit, during the day. For dinner the best bet is steak (rare) and hash browns

and

a glass of wine.

But my dh feels the best after a big bowl of steamed white

rice, with stuff on top of it.

From a theoretical standpoint, I agree with Ori: salad

first, followed by protein/fat, followed by starches,

and wine ... and for dinner only. That way the food hits

you when your glycogen levels are low, and you only

get one " hit " of insulin a day. And eat something with

lactic acid with the meal (kimchi, in my case: wine also

blunts the insulin response I think. So does cinnamon,

and maybe coffee, but you don't want coffee with

dinner!).

Also from a theoretical standpoint, the resistant

starches are better, but I'm not sure, at this point,

which ones they are since it depends on the breed

of plant. I.e. waxy potatoes are " better " than russets,

and long grain rice is better than short grain. Beans

are good no matter what the breed, if they are soaked

etc. correctly. So you might just experiment and

see what works best for you.

>

Heidi Jean