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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 711597" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>[USER=94045]@Bluetit1802[/USER] is right about how to calculate GL and right about it being a faff. I think that if you eat a consistent amount of carbs at each meal (except for the odd occasions) then the GL is accounted for by choosing lower GI carbohydrate containing foods.</p><p>I use the GI index to select between items ie it's better to choose a waxy new potato than a mashed old one, it's better to choose to eat chickpeas or lentils as a starch on other occasions. The GI lists though aren't that good for manufactured goods because even international brands vary between countries. It's also useful to be aware of <a href="http://www.montignac.com/en/the-factors-that-modify-glycemic-indexes/" target="_blank">what influences GI</a> and that the GI is just a ranking so common sense comes into it (ie as noted a twix bar is lower GI but it isn't necessarily a healthy food otherwise, watermelon is high GI but there are so few carbs in an average slice that the high GI becomes almost irrelevant .</p><p>Personally, I normally don't eat carbs alone, they form part of a meal containing all food groups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 711597, member: 12578"] [USER=94045]@Bluetit1802[/USER] is right about how to calculate GL and right about it being a faff. I think that if you eat a consistent amount of carbs at each meal (except for the odd occasions) then the GL is accounted for by choosing lower GI carbohydrate containing foods. I use the GI index to select between items ie it's better to choose a waxy new potato than a mashed old one, it's better to choose to eat chickpeas or lentils as a starch on other occasions. The GI lists though aren't that good for manufactured goods because even international brands vary between countries. It's also useful to be aware of [URL='http://www.montignac.com/en/the-factors-that-modify-glycemic-indexes/']what influences GI[/URL] and that the GI is just a ranking so common sense comes into it (ie as noted a twix bar is lower GI but it isn't necessarily a healthy food otherwise, watermelon is high GI but there are so few carbs in an average slice that the high GI becomes almost irrelevant . Personally, I normally don't eat carbs alone, they form part of a meal containing all food groups. [/QUOTE]
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