What is a non-starchy carb?

[kentucky]

http://members.lycos.co.uk/ramendosa/gilists.htm

 

[overhead]

Maybe if you tell us what diet you are planning to follow we could help with carb question. It really depends on the diet. What are your goals, and how are you planning to get there?

 

[muscleman1234]

Just trying to eat "clean" (whatever that means)...

I would like to lose some bodyfat, but don't want to go as drastic as ketogenic dieting. I would just like to make better carb choices in my dieting, rather than the current potatoes, whole wheat bread, etc. Veggies have no calories, so I don't like them as a carb choice...

 

[kentucky]

see my link in my last post. That's how to eat clean.
low gi carbs

 

[muscleman1234]

thanks kentucky...i always find those lists confusing though...everything seems to be high gi...

In addition, many of the same items have GI indicies anywhere from the low end all the way to the high end. for example, four different types of the SAME white potato have GI's from 30 to 75!

Oh well...

 

[kentucky]

I know, I'm still CKDing it, so i don't have to worry about that now.

I know that sweet potatoes are always recommended by these guys in here for a low gi carb

 

[Deleted member 33117]

msucleman, that's because everything is high GI. Even brown rice and whole wheat bread tends to be moderate GI, now low GI.

Now, back to the other question. Calorie dense low GI carbs? Cherries, applies, grapefruit (might want to limit those, since fructose should not be your first choice of carbs). Yogurt, beans, and milk are all calorie-dense low GI carbs as well. You can also change the gi of foods. Take brown rice, and add alot of olive oil and a few beans and some meat to it, and bam, you now have a low gi carb.

I'm a huge believer in low-carb diets, but there is the information you are seeking.