Myth About Fruit

[MZRivera]

I just recently started making my attempt to live a healthier lifestyle. I have gained about 20 pounds and enough is ENOUGH!

I have been eating a lot of chicken, green vegetables, walnuts and almonds, rice cakes with a thin layer of natural peanut butter (yum).

I'm already feeling a difference!!!

HOWEVER, I know fruit has a lot of sugar/carbs. I want wonderful results with my diet. I am afraid that eating fruit will counteract all my hard work...so is it true that fruit is bad for diets because of all the sugars and carbs?

Thanks

 

[nycgirl]

It depends on you.

I have a family history of diabetes. My mom had gestational diabetes when she was pregant with me and my siblings. Anyway, if I was still eating the way I use to eat (lots of high GI carbs, fruit/fruit juice, the dangerous "whites" (flour, potatoes, sugar, bread, pasta)), it was only a matter of time before I got diabetes.

That said, I do incorporate LOW GI fruit like berries into my diet. Those are the only "fruits" I eat on a regular basis. I have to take Glucorell just to eat an apple. Citrus fruits like oranges and pineapple are like candy to me and would really mess with my results if I ate them.

If you want to add fruit (I oatmeal & berries), start with berries. Then work your way up the "GI" list regarding different fruits and see how it affects you and your results.

 

[The Shadow]

Nyc (Goldie - lol) is right on.

I would simply add that in addition to the GI...look at the GL as well.


Glycemic Load

 

[Tomer]

I think its different for different people.. obviously.. I gain weight really easily so i have to do a lot of trian and error with my eating.

For now, as i'm trying to lose some body fat.. i'm sticking with strawberries and berries on my oatmeal in the morning... and may add in a apple before my gym w/out in the evening.

its hard though, maybe because we've been told from a young age about the benefits of fruits. I still find it hard to understand that a diet sans fruit is the healthy way to go in the long tern... even if I'm getting lots of veggies.

 

[getnfit06]

Nyc (Goldie - lol) is right on.

I would simply add that in addition to the GI...look at the GL as well.


Glycemic Load

Where can you find this information, if you wanted to find out the GI and GL?

 

[*Bunny*]

It depends on you.

I have a family history of diabetes. My mom had gestational diabetes when she was pregant with me and my siblings. Anyway, if I was still eating the way I use to eat (lots of high GI carbs, fruit/fruit juice, the dangerous "whites" (flour, potatoes, sugar, bread, pasta)), it was only a matter of time before I got diabetes.

That said, I do incorporate LOW GI fruit like berries into my diet. Those are the only "fruits" I eat on a regular basis. I have to take Glucorell just to eat an apple. Citrus fruits like oranges and pineapple are like candy to me and would really mess with my results if I ate them.

If you want to add fruit (I oatmeal & berries), start with berries. Then work your way up the "GI" list regarding different fruits and see how it affects you and your results.

Great post NYC

 

[nycgirl]

Nyc (Goldie - lol) is right on.

I would simply add that in addition to the GI...look at the GL as well.


Glycemic Load

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 Shadow]

GI mainly refers to how your blood sugar reacts to a food.


G Load takes into account the GI as well as the AMOUNT.



ex.....Resses pbutter cups...


high gi.....hella high GL



watermellon

moderate GI....eat enough and the GL goes up.




think in terms of TYPE of carb AND the amount

 

[nycgirl]

OOHH. Yes, that happens to me when I eat too much oats. Anything more than a cup (dry) and I can feel it affect my blood sugar level. I didn't understand why that was happening (I mean its oats not pasta).

 

[The Shadow]

OOHH. Yes, that happens to me when I eat too much oats. Anything more than a cup (dry) and I can feel it affect my blood sugar level. I didn't understand why that was happening (I mean its oats not pasta).

Yes ma'am.....that's it exactly.


I really think that the GL is MUCH MUCH more important than the GI....its the sneekyness of the GL that gets you

 

[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....