Accurate Glycemic Indexes?

[Loomer]

I've spent the last 30min or so searching the net for some glycemic indexes, and almost all of them differ from each other, sometimes dramatically. Anyone know one that has a wide variety of foods and has accurate glycemic ratings?

Also, many foods that I saw surprised me, in that some that I assumed were high were low, and vice-versa.

 

[plornive]

http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

Some foods are lower than expected because of fructose, lactose and galactose. For instance, sucrose, I believe, breaks down into fructose and glucose. Fructose and galactose don't affect blood sugar as much as glucose because they are processed by the liver somehow.

Fiber makes a big difference, too.

 

[anthrax]

Insulin response is as important (even more ?) than GI

 

[Loomer]

Well, doesn't

GI=Blood sugar elevation

and doesn't

Blood sugar elevation=insulin response

I'm a little confused if not.

 

[HANSEL]

There is both a Glycemic Index as well as a Insulin Index. The I Index is more recent and is supposed to be different as well as a more important factor in measuring insulin response than the GI.

 

[plornive]

Well, doesn't

GI=Blood sugar elevation

and doesn't

Blood sugar elevation=insulin response

I'm a little confused if not.

It is more complicated for a number of reasons. On example is that if you eat small amounts of certain fats, they will increase insulin sensitivity and thereby lower the insulin index of a food. The opposite is true of other fats.