Whats more important the GI or GLoad

[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.

 

[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

 

[cpush]

is there some gl or insulin index list?

 

[Gordo]

http://www.glycemicindex.com/

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

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

 

[cpush]

thank you

what about GL?

 

[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.

 

[Emma-Leigh]

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

It is on mendosa too:
http://www.mendosa.com/insulin_index.htm

 

[Gordo]

Thanks Emma, guess I didn't look hard enough

 

[bigss75]

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

 

[Emma-Leigh]

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.