glycemic idex?????//

[BigTimer]

at what number would u say foods are low glycemic,like under 70 or something

 

[Mr.X]

at what number would u say foods are low glycemic,like under 70 or something

I would think 80 and under is fairly low:

http://elitefitness.com/articledata/glycemic.html

Mr.X

 

[anthrax]

it depends wheter you're looking on the glucose based GI or the white bread

 

[HappyFunBall]

GI

The glycemic index numbers (which are arbitrary, since they are measured by taking blood samples from a small number of people after eating) are based on single food items, not meals.

If you eat multiple food items at one meal (who doesn't), you calculate the GI based on the total number of carbs. So a lot of fruit has a high GI, even though one piece of fruit may be low.

You can predict the glycemic index of a mixed meal. Multiply the percent of total carbohydrate of each of the foods by its glycemic index and add up the results to get the glycemic index of the meal as a whole.

You can read way too much information on this and other GI topics here: http://www.fao.org/docrep/w8079e/w8079e0a.htm

 

[BigTimer]

thanks for the info guys

 

[MS]

On the glucose scale, I would consider low GI to be anything under ~50. However I wouldn't waste too much energy worrying about the GI of a particular food. As HappyFunBall points out, the GI changes when it's mixed with other foods, plus many foods that rate a low GI do so only because they are insulogenic (such as dairy foods) or they are high fat (such as M&Ms) which reduces the glucose impact but is still not a good thing to eat a lot of! Instead of worrying about GI, just stick to whole, fresh and unrefined foods such as legumes, nuts, lean meats, WHOLE grains, some fruits and lots of veggies.