Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Glycemic load: Take the available carbs per serving (carbs minus fiber), multiply by the number of servings, multiply by the glycemic load and devide by 100, and round to the nearest number. from http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney's Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4. > Could someone remind me how to figure glycemic LOAD? > > I could also use a good book with glycemic index. I have a food count book > that gives carbs, fiber, protein, and many other things about measured > amounts of foods but nothing about glycemic index. > > sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 There's a book called the Glucose Revolution, and I think also one called Glucose Revolution life Plan. SulaBlue > Could someone remind me how to figure glycemic LOAD? > > I could also use a good book with glycemic index. I have a food count book > that gives carbs, fiber, protein, and many other things about measured > amounts of foods but nothing about glycemic index. > > sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 > There's a book called the Glucose Revolution, and I think also one called Glucose > Revolution life Plan. > > SulaBlue > You could just go to the source at www.glycemicindex.com. You can use the database there. Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 > > There's a book called the Glucose Revolution, and I think also one > called Glucose > > Revolution life Plan. > > > > SulaBlue > > > > You could just go to the source at www.glycemicindex.com. You can use > the database there. > > Cheers, Alan I wish they would give a table in addition to a searchable database. I would like to see everything so I could browse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Alan, As someone else who uses that site, I have to ask - do you have any problems getting it to load sometimes? Some days it just seems like it sits, and sits, and sits... I could have high glucose before I find out what I'm eating some days SulaBlue > You could just go to the source at www.glycemicindex.com. You can use > the database there. > > Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 > Alan, > > As someone else who uses that site, I have to ask - do you have > any problems getting it to load sometimes? Some days it just > seems like it sits, and sits, and sits... > > I could have high glucose before I find out what I'm eating some > days > > SulaBlue > Hi Sula I don't use it a lot - I guess most things from my own experience, as I don't inject, but I know the Sydney Uni site was down for a day a week or two back. Apart from that time, I don't remember any problems. Jennie Brand- may have another personal site, but I haven't looked for it. Incidentally, her bio is worth reading - incredible achievement for anyone, made more remarkable by her profound deafness. Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 > Alan, > > As someone else who uses that site, I have to ask - do you have > any problems getting it to load sometimes? Some days it just > seems like it sits, and sits, and sits... > > I could have high glucose before I find out what I'm eating some > days > > SulaBlue > Hi Sula I don't use it a lot - I guess most things from my own experience, as I don't inject, but I know the Sydney Uni site was down for a day a week or two back. Apart from that time, I don't remember any problems. Jennie Brand- may have another personal site, but I haven't looked for it. Incidentally, her bio is worth reading - incredible achievement for anyone, made more remarkable by her profound deafness. Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 > > >You could just go to the source at www.glycemicindex.com. You can use > >the database there. > > Thanks, Alan, but when I'm in the kitchen I don't want to have to run in > here to turn on the computer. I find having a book handier. > > sky I've forgotten - has anyone mentioned the book itself? There are alos pocket versions available from bookstores, Amazon, etc. and software versions are available if you google for them. http://www.mendosa.com/glurevdigest.htm " The first North American edition of the bible of glycemic index studies is finally coming to America. After two Australian editions and one in the United Kingdom, The G.I. Factor is being published in the United States. The glycemic index is about carbohydrates. With a new, jazzier title, the publisher, Marlowe & Company in New York, is coming out in July with The Glucose Revolution: The Authoritative Guide to the Glycemic Index. Although the book hasn't been published yet, I have read the galley proofs and am sure publication here will be important for anyone with diabetes. This 304-page book will list for $14.95 ($23.00 Canadian). The North American co-author with Dr. Jennie Brand and her team at the University of Sydney is M.S. Wolever, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, the world's other leading active glycemic index researcher. The book includes more than 50 recipes and a glycemic index for 300 foods and beverages. The authors explain the benefits of a diet that emphasizes foods that are low on the glycemic index. These are foods that as they are digested produce a low, slow blood-sugar response. " Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 > > >You could just go to the source at www.glycemicindex.com. You can use > >the database there. > > Thanks, Alan, but when I'm in the kitchen I don't want to have to run in > here to turn on the computer. I find having a book handier. > > sky I've forgotten - has anyone mentioned the book itself? There are alos pocket versions available from bookstores, Amazon, etc. and software versions are available if you google for them. http://www.mendosa.com/glurevdigest.htm " The first North American edition of the bible of glycemic index studies is finally coming to America. After two Australian editions and one in the United Kingdom, The G.I. Factor is being published in the United States. The glycemic index is about carbohydrates. With a new, jazzier title, the publisher, Marlowe & Company in New York, is coming out in July with The Glucose Revolution: The Authoritative Guide to the Glycemic Index. Although the book hasn't been published yet, I have read the galley proofs and am sure publication here will be important for anyone with diabetes. This 304-page book will list for $14.95 ($23.00 Canadian). The North American co-author with Dr. Jennie Brand and her team at the University of Sydney is M.S. Wolever, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, the world's other leading active glycemic index researcher. The book includes more than 50 recipes and a glycemic index for 300 foods and beverages. The authors explain the benefits of a diet that emphasizes foods that are low on the glycemic index. These are foods that as they are digested produce a low, slow blood-sugar response. " Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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