A reliable Glycemic Index

[Agent Dana Scully]

Can someone link me to a reliable site for the Glycemic Index?

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Have you found any unreliable sites?

In all seriousness... have you googled it?

 

[Agent Dana Scully]

Yeah i have, and it says that a piece of Pita Bread had a higher glycemic index than a chocolate bar. So....

 

[SgtSlaughter]

gotcha.

Try this one:

http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_food_diet/glycemic_index.php

I would hope it'd be reliable in the sense that some diabetics rely on it.

 

[Agent Dana Scully]

See, it has chocolate bar at 49, and Pita at 57....

Pita really has a GI that high? Are they talking about pure chocolate bar?

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Couldn't tell ya.

Avoid chocolate and stick to whole grains is what I'd do.

 

[Ghede]

See, it has chocolate bar at 49, and Pita at 57....

Pita really has a GI that high? Are they talking about pure chocolate bar?

Actially, GI is LESS than half the story. Chocolate's GI is so low due to the cocoa butter content lowering the attack of the sugars....

The game is about Glycemic LOAD not just GI.

 

[poysyn]

The chocolate will have a lower GI because it is high in fats..just because it has a low GI does not necessarily mean its a great food to be eating. Avoid anything processed and that high in sugars to begin with and just eat natural!

 

[SgtSlaughter]

ah... didn't even think of it in that way!!

Great point!

Fats lower the GI due to slowing digestion of the carbs

^^^ For Emphasis

 

[Ghede]

ah... didn't even think of it in that way!!

Great point!

Fats lower the GI due to slowing digestion of the carbs

^^^ For Emphasis

Actually Sarge, everything lowers GI, even other sugars!

Pure glucose's numbers drop when you add maltodextrin, OR proteins, OR fats, or SALT, OR Water, OR Cellulose fiber.... anything the mucks up the absorbtion rate lowers GI...