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Spurred by a post by tmm99 in the thread "How do we get fat", where she talks about food causing her blood sugar to spike, I want to repeat the info I provide in a new thread to highlight it as a community service.
The info I want to share is the chart showing the glycemic index of several common food items, as published by the Harvard Medical School.
See: Glycemic index and glycemic load for 100+ foods - Harvard Health.
Beans generally have a low glycemic index. Food made with flour baked at a high temperature has very high glycemic index, often approaching that of pure sugar. Examples include French baguette, corn flakes, oatmeal, pretzels, pizza, baked potato... Very, very bad for diabetes!
As for rice, short-grain sticky rice is among the worst. The best rice is Uncle Ben converted rice (not Uncle Ben instant rice).
My fasting blood glucose was up to 102, and when I heeded the above chart to reduce the bad food and increase the good ones, it is now back to the 90s. Note that I did not cut any item out, and merely eat less of the bad ones.
Note that glycemic index is usually measured with the test subjects eating just one food item at a time. The above chart does not show the effect of eating a combination of items. I ran across another Web site that shows that while white rice is bad, fried rice is much better. Apparently, the oil in fried rice reduces its glycemic index. So, eating carb along with fat is good for you.
The info I want to share is the chart showing the glycemic index of several common food items, as published by the Harvard Medical School.
See: Glycemic index and glycemic load for 100+ foods - Harvard Health.
Beans generally have a low glycemic index. Food made with flour baked at a high temperature has very high glycemic index, often approaching that of pure sugar. Examples include French baguette, corn flakes, oatmeal, pretzels, pizza, baked potato... Very, very bad for diabetes!
As for rice, short-grain sticky rice is among the worst. The best rice is Uncle Ben converted rice (not Uncle Ben instant rice).
My fasting blood glucose was up to 102, and when I heeded the above chart to reduce the bad food and increase the good ones, it is now back to the 90s. Note that I did not cut any item out, and merely eat less of the bad ones.
Note that glycemic index is usually measured with the test subjects eating just one food item at a time. The above chart does not show the effect of eating a combination of items. I ran across another Web site that shows that while white rice is bad, fried rice is much better. Apparently, the oil in fried rice reduces its glycemic index. So, eating carb along with fat is good for you.
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