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| GI Diet Support Forum The GI diet explained how to manage blood sugars levels to help weight loss and encourage long-term good health. The GL (glycaemic load) is an exciting new extension of these principles and measures more accurately the carbohydrate load of food. This means that foods that had previously been considered high GI, e.g. melon, can now be introduced into your diet, as the amount of carbs you would eat in a portion, rather than in a whole melon, is calculated. |
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Rep Power: 1000 ![]() Diet: JUDDD Start Date: 17/2/'10 | GI Foods! Foods with a low glycemic index number gradually release glucose into your bloodstream. This gradual release helps minimize blood sugar swings and optimizes brainpower and mental focus. Fruits apple 38 apricot, canned 64 apricot, dried 30 banana 62 banana, unripe 30 cantaloupe 65 cherries 22 dates, dried 103 fruit cocktail 55 grapefruit 25 grapes 43 kiwi 52 mango 55 orange 43 papaya 58 peach 42 pear 36 pineapple 66 plum 24 raisins 64 strawberries 32 watermelon 72 Vegetables beets 64 carrots, cooked 39 carrot juice 45 French fries 75 parsnips 97 peas, dried 22 peas, green 48 potato, boiled 56 potato mashed 73 potato, microwaved 82 potato, instant 83 potato, baked 85 pumpkin 75 rutabaga 72 sweet corn 55 sweet potato 54 yam 51 Juices apple 41 grapefruit 48 orange 55 pineapple 46 Pasta brown rice pasta 92 gnocchi 68 linguine, durum 50 macaroni 46 macaroni & cheese 64 spaghetti 40 spag. prot. enrich. 28 vermicelli 35 vermicelli, rice 58 Sweets honey 58 jelly beans 80 Life Savers 70 M&Ms Choc. Peanut 33 Skittles 70 Snickers 41 Cookies graham crackers 74 oatmeal 55 shortbread 64 vanilla wafers 77 Beans baby lima 32 baked 43 black 30 brown 38 butter 31 chickpeas 33 kidney 27 lentil 30 navy 38 pinto 42 red lentils 27 split peas 32 soy 18 Grains barley 22 brown rice 59 buckwheat 54 bulgur 47 chickpeas 36 corn 55 corn chips 74 cornmeal 68 couscous 65 hominy 40 millet 75 popcorn 55 rice 47 rice, instant 91 rye 34 wheat, whole 41 white rice 88 Cereals All Bran 44 Bran Chex 58 Cheerios 74 Corn Bran 75 Corn Chex 83 Cornflakes 83 Cream of Wheat 66 Crispix 87 Frosted Flakes 55 Grapenuts 67 Grapenuts Flakes 80 Life 66 Muesli 60 NutriGrain 66 Oatmeal 53 Oatmeal 1 min 66 Puffed Wheat 74 Puffed Rice 90 Rice Bran 19 Rice Chex 89 Rice Krispies 82 Shredded Wheat 69 Special K 54 Swiss Muesli 60 Team 82 Total 76 Breads bagel 72 croissant 67 kaiser roll 73 pita 57 pumpernickel 49 rye 64 rye, dark 76 rye, whole 50 white 72 whole wheat 72 waffles 76 Crackers Kavli Norwegian 71 rice cakes 82 rye 63 saltine 72 stoned wheat thins 67 water crackers 78 Desserts angel food cake 67 banana bread 47 blueberry muffin 59 bran muffin 60 Danish 59 fruit bread 47 pound cake 54 sponge cake 46 tofu frozen 115 Dairy chocolate milk 34 ice cream 61 ice cream, low fat 50 milk 34 pudding 43 soy "milk" 31 yogurt 36 Note: The numbers represented are in reference to glucose, which is valued at 100, and are meaningful only in relation to this base number. They do not correspond to calories or portion size. Cooked vegetables tend to release their sugar faster than when raw, and a food's degree of ripeness can affect its glycemic number. |
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Rep Power: 10 ![]() ![]() | Thanks for that Mini - most useful. :-) Luv CC xx xx xx |
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Rep Power: 5 ![]() Diet: cambridge diet | this may sound thick....but.. i have often wondered how you use these mubers next to the foods, are you allowed a certain number each day? or can you eat as much of these foods as you like? well really what im asking is how does one do this diet? not that im thinking of giving it a go, i just like to know these things! thanks all Lisee xx |
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Rep Power: 10 ![]() ![]() | Hi Lisee No you are not thick! ![]() Will try to explain briefly and simply... Essentially the GI Diet principles are that if you eat foods with a low gi (a low number) it makes it easier for your body to lose weight. However some foods have a low gi but are still high in fat and calories - so common sense should still apply here! Don't eat them! If you just want to eat healthy (not diet) you can eat in the main low gi foods and occasionally medium GI foods. I think that food with a GI of 1-50 are low, 50-70 are medium and 70-100 high. But I am not 100% sure so if you are interested check out some websites and books. I throughly recommend the GI Diet book by Rick Gallop I have lost 2 stone and four pounds since september following it. Luv CC xx x xx x |
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Rep Power: 0 ![]() Start Date: 02/03/2010 Start Weight: 240lb Current Weight: 227lb Goal Weight: 150lb Statistics: Total Weight Loss: 13lb Weight to Lose: 77lb % Lost 5.42% | really helpful! but... why is there so much variation on some things, I'm starting to get confused, some web sites say I cant eat white pasta, some say I can, Some say I can eat wholemeal bread some say I cant! and whats a glycimic load? any info would be good thanks very much! Verity x |
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