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Whats more important the GI or GLoad

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Posted by: bigss75

Whats more important the Glycemic Index or Glycemic Load of a food? Because some foods like fruit have high GI but low glycemic loads and some foods like milk have low GIs but high Glycemic loads.


Posted by: LAM

the glycemic load and insulin index are both more important than the GI. GI is a good tool to use however. easy to tell a high fiber carb from a low fiber carb just by the GI


Posted by: cpush

is there some gl or insulin index list?


Posted by: Gordo

http://www.glycemicindex.com/

http://www.mendosa.com/diabetes_update_27.htm

http://www.nutritiondata.com/glycemic-index.html


Posted by: cpush

thank you

what about GL?


Posted by: Gordo

Mendosa's site lists the GL of 100's of foods.

Glycemicindex.com lists the GL as well

as for the insulin index....I've never see a list.


Posted by: Emma-Leigh

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordo
as for the insulin index....I've never see a list.
It is on mendosa too:
http://www.mendosa.com/insulin_index.htm


Posted by: Gordo

Thanks Emma, guess I didn't look hard enough


Posted by: bigss75

What would be considered an high insulin index food anything higher then 70?


Posted by: Emma-Leigh

Quote:
Originally Posted by bigss75
What would be considered an high insulin index food anything higher then 70?
I would not consider a 'cut off'... Sometimes a little insulin can be a good thing (eg: PWO) - especially if you are wanting to maintain low blood glucose levels.

Also, if you started to use it as a 'cut off' tool then you would have to exclude things like whey - which is highly insulinogenic...


So I don't think that healthy people should get too concerned over it - sure, use it in a similar fashion to the GI - as a guide... But don't get obsessive about it.







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