Re: Stevia; glycemic index

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From: Fackelmann <pfackelmann@...>

> do you have quantitative figures about the glycemic index of Stevia?

From what I know, zero; it has no carbohydrates or calaries.

The glycemic index is quite useful re: a food's impact on blood sugar if it's

eaten on an empty stomach. Accordingly, it's important for people w/cancer (and

many people w/o cancer) to avoid eating high-glycemic foods on an empty stomach.

Such foods (beginning w/the highest-glycemic) include:

dates, parsnips, white/red potato, pumpkin, rutabaga, watermelon, whole wheat,

couscous, cornmeal, pineapple, canned apricots (but dried apricots are

low-glycemic), mango, corn, and popcorn. I would probably avoid eating any of

these on an empty stomach if I had cancer.

However,

(1) The quantity of the food obviously makes a huge difference in the rise in

blood sugar.

(2) If multiple foods are eaten at a particular meal, the rise in blood sugar

appears to be determined mainly by the total carbohydrate intake (at that meal),

not the foods' glycemic index (Hauser).