gram flour GI?

[mak]

can any 1 tell me what Gi is gram flour?
as i make me a chapati (flatbread) of gram flour and stoneground wholemeal flour, i cant find that if gram flour is allowed or not. thanx

 

[Mini]

I just looked in Anthony Worrall Thompson's gi diet book and Chapati is consider medium GI.


Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load

[SIZE=-1]ASIAN INDIAN:[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Bengal gram dal (chana dal) 16[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Rajmah (red kidney beans) 27[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baisen (chick pea flour) chapati 39[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Green gram (mung beans) 54[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Barley chapati 61[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Black gram 61[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Black gram dal with semolina 66[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Horse gram 73[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Bengal gram dal with semolina 77[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Whole greengram 81[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Bajra (millet) 82[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Maize chapati 89[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Green gram dal with semolina 89[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Semolina 94[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Varagu 97[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Banana, unripe, steamed 1 hr. 100[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Tapioca, steamed 1 hr. 100[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Jowar 110[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Green gram dal + paspalum scorbic. 111[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Ragi (or Raggi) 123[/SIZE]

Source: The Glycemic Index

Here is another link that also might be helpful: Glycemic Index Lists

 

[mak]

oh it says
Baisen (chick pea flour) chapati 39
baisen(chick pea flour) is gram flour , so it is Low Gi .thanx for usefull links.