Sid Bonkers
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Customer helplines that use recorded menus that promise to put me through to the right person but never do - and being ill. Oh, and did I mention customer helplines :)
GL ... glycemic load is more informative than GI.
Chips and roast potatoes are GI lower than mashed boiled or baked spuds because of the fat ... GL will tell you the amount you can eat.
I think you will find if you actually looked into it that the reason for chips and roast potato being lower GI than mash is that mash is highly processed and obviously the more you process a food and break it down the faster it is digested.
I have incorporated many aspects of GI into my T2 lifestyle and found it to be a great help just as I have incorporated many aspects of low carb too.
Of course if you never try something and just rely on negative articles about any subject you will never find anything useful
Frank Zappa once said "A mind is like a parachute. It doesnt work if it is not open". A wise man was Frank.....