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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 949450" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>)[USER=74036]@Southport GP[/USER] , I don't think the scale is at all right, distorting the GI which is a ranking of foods based on an <strong>equal amount of available carbohydrate</strong> <strong> not an equal weight of food.</strong> Glucose has 100g of carbohydrate.</p><p><a href="http://www.glycemicindex.com/about.php" target="_blank">http://www.glycemicindex.com/about.php</a></p><p></p><p>Since you are using a 100g portion of a food then you have to take that into account the amount of carbs in 100g when applying the GI. You would then be comparing like with like (ie GL) GL = (GI x the amount of carbohydrate) divided by 100 =</p><p></p><p>Banana have a GI of say 58 (depends on ripeness and I've gone for a higher one,;( the GI was worked out from 120g portion, they have about 21g carb per 100g)</p><p>GL=12.18</p><p>Sucrose has 100g of carbs per hundred gram and a GI of 65 (worked out from a 10g portion with 10g carb)</p><p>GL = 65</p><p>Brown Bread is again variable so I'll choose one supermarket type with a GI of 74 (GI based on a 30g serving and 14g carb so 46.6 g carb per 100)</p><p>GL=34</p><p>Glucose would of course have a GL of 100 for 100g.</p><p>And of course I could add Watemelon with a GI of 72 (GI based on 120 g containing only 6g carb ie 5g per 100 )</p><p>GL= 3.6</p><p>[ATTACH=full]15805[/ATTACH]</p><p>You'll have to check my maths as I may have made mistakes .I need to go and take 10g of glucose or even sucrose, 10g of bread wouldn't fix a hypo! And if I ate a 100g of watermelon with a GI of 72 ,which on your graphic would come close to bread then I might be in need of an ambulance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 949450, member: 12578"] )[USER=74036]@Southport GP[/USER] , I don't think the scale is at all right, distorting the GI which is a ranking of foods based on an [B]equal amount of available carbohydrate[/B] [B] not an equal weight of food.[/B] Glucose has 100g of carbohydrate. [URL]http://www.glycemicindex.com/about.php[/URL] Since you are using a 100g portion of a food then you have to take that into account the amount of carbs in 100g when applying the GI. You would then be comparing like with like (ie GL) GL = (GI x the amount of carbohydrate) divided by 100 = Banana have a GI of say 58 (depends on ripeness and I've gone for a higher one,;( the GI was worked out from 120g portion, they have about 21g carb per 100g) GL=12.18 Sucrose has 100g of carbs per hundred gram and a GI of 65 (worked out from a 10g portion with 10g carb) GL = 65 Brown Bread is again variable so I'll choose one supermarket type with a GI of 74 (GI based on a 30g serving and 14g carb so 46.6 g carb per 100) GL=34 Glucose would of course have a GL of 100 for 100g. And of course I could add Watemelon with a GI of 72 (GI based on 120 g containing only 6g carb ie 5g per 100 ) GL= 3.6 [ATTACH=full]15805[/ATTACH] You'll have to check my maths as I may have made mistakes .I need to go and take 10g of glucose or even sucrose, 10g of bread wouldn't fix a hypo! And if I ate a 100g of watermelon with a GI of 72 ,which on your graphic would come close to bread then I might be in need of an ambulance! [/QUOTE]
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