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<blockquote data-quote="cugila" data-source="post: 110076" data-attributes="member: 15325"><p><strong>Re: Is the Glycemic Index a Scam?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am in full agreement with Nigel. I too have used the GI tables as a guide, then adapted them by using low GL methods, portion sizes. Bit like using the carb counting books....just a reference tool to be read, digested and then acted upon as one sees fit. You can also totally ignore it if you like !</p><p></p><p>That has meant I can eat things that I thought because I previously low carbed were something I couldn't possibly touch. It is simply amazing the different foods I can now eat and not have an effect on my Bg levels. I, like Nigel have just massively reduced the carbs. I can now tolerate around 80-100g carbs daily without any problems. Low Carbs is not the only way. It is a good tool but I wanted something I knew I could live with, something I didn't need to keep checking all the time. There are many good diets out there, so long as you are getting the benefits I really couldn't care if you survived on Whale Blubber and Nuts. So long as you are healthy.....great ! :wink: </p><p></p><p>The scale is simply a benchmark using non Diabetic's. So if it is considered bad for them, then it sure as hell has to be even worse for Diabetic's. It is just a rating of foods which you can get ideas from, nothing else. GL is where it all starts to make sense.</p><p></p><p>So for me it is definitely not a scam, it works well for me and I am sure others. It is just about the best diet/lifestyle method I have found despite what other's say, here or elsewhere. You should give it a try Patch and see how you fare, you might be pleasantly surprised at the results. Surprised too at the freedom you then have in your dietary intake. More choice, more variety, more tastes, more textures........mmmh. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cugila, post: 110076, member: 15325"] [b]Re: Is the Glycemic Index a Scam?[/b] I am in full agreement with Nigel. I too have used the GI tables as a guide, then adapted them by using low GL methods, portion sizes. Bit like using the carb counting books....just a reference tool to be read, digested and then acted upon as one sees fit. You can also totally ignore it if you like ! That has meant I can eat things that I thought because I previously low carbed were something I couldn't possibly touch. It is simply amazing the different foods I can now eat and not have an effect on my Bg levels. I, like Nigel have just massively reduced the carbs. I can now tolerate around 80-100g carbs daily without any problems. Low Carbs is not the only way. It is a good tool but I wanted something I knew I could live with, something I didn't need to keep checking all the time. There are many good diets out there, so long as you are getting the benefits I really couldn't care if you survived on Whale Blubber and Nuts. So long as you are healthy.....great ! :wink: The scale is simply a benchmark using non Diabetic's. So if it is considered bad for them, then it sure as hell has to be even worse for Diabetic's. It is just a rating of foods which you can get ideas from, nothing else. GL is where it all starts to make sense. So for me it is definitely not a scam, it works well for me and I am sure others. It is just about the best diet/lifestyle method I have found despite what other's say, here or elsewhere. You should give it a try Patch and see how you fare, you might be pleasantly surprised at the results. Surprised too at the freedom you then have in your dietary intake. More choice, more variety, more tastes, more textures........mmmh. :D [/QUOTE]
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