Low + high GI

[anthrax]

please complete :
low GI + high GI =

if you eat, in the same meal, a low GI food (vegetables) and a high GI one (white bread) what happened ?

a large insulin spike for the high GI food followed with a smaller longer one ?

 

[Cackerot69]

Low GI = slow glucose response.

high GI = fast glucose response.

glucose response of carbs may or may not correlate to total insulin release depending.

 

[MR. BMJ]

Here is an equation that Duchaine mentioned in a past MM2k, and it seems to be fairly accurate from my "judgements".

Mixed GI = [(single food carb cal/total meal carb cal) X (single GI)] + [other carb source]

Here is the example he used:

Honey =**********(150/450) X 73 GI = 24.3
Skim Milk=********(150/450) X 32 GI = 10.7
Special K=********(150/450) X 54 GI = 18.0

Mixed GI = 24.3 + 10.7 + 18.0 = 53

"By mixing low- and moderate-GI foods, one could eat some high-GI foods in a meal but still have an acceptable low total GI."

MR. BMJ

 

[AnabolicDiabetic]

I can tell you from personal experience that although low GI foods and high fiber low GI foods can and do slow down the response to high GI foods, this is largely a clinical distinction that doesn't mean much in the real world. If you eat high GI food, you will get an insulin spike whether its eaten alone or not.

In the above case.....short peak for high GI followed by slower secretion for low GI