Myth About Fruit

[2dagym]

Please explain what Glycemic Load is all about. I think this may be the final piece to my puzzle (i.e., getting control over my diet).

"The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low."

taken from: "Revised International Table of Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL) Values—2002", By David Mendosa. He has an actual table posted on his website which is: http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

 

[playmatesky]

Low Glycemic is the way to go. Be sure to rotate your foods though to avoid alergies/intolerances. Fruit is good for you with lots of natural enzymes.

 

[Gymgurl]

My hubby must be like NYCG he is prediabetic and they told him change now or he will type 2 in 6-10 years and will go right to insulin becasue he is thin.....he can eat some fruit in small amounts and spread out...but berries, grapefruit, apples....