snowy_barks
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This might be a question for the chemists out there? Certainly for someone smarter than me!
I am now aware of the glycemic index and how it effects the speed of the release of carbohydrate into the bloodstream, the amount of insulin released and your blood glucose levels.
The question I have is, ignoring the time over which the insulin is released, does 50g of high GI carbohydrate require the same TOTAL amount of insulin for your body to metabolise it, as 50g of low GI carbohydrate?
What I am wondering is, if I eat say, broccoli containing 20g of carb or mashed potato containing 20g of carb, although my pancreas will release insulin more quickly with the mash, will the total amount released, when I eat the broccoli, be roughly the same total amount of insulin but released more slowly over a longer period?
Hope this makes sense!
I am now aware of the glycemic index and how it effects the speed of the release of carbohydrate into the bloodstream, the amount of insulin released and your blood glucose levels.
The question I have is, ignoring the time over which the insulin is released, does 50g of high GI carbohydrate require the same TOTAL amount of insulin for your body to metabolise it, as 50g of low GI carbohydrate?
What I am wondering is, if I eat say, broccoli containing 20g of carb or mashed potato containing 20g of carb, although my pancreas will release insulin more quickly with the mash, will the total amount released, when I eat the broccoli, be roughly the same total amount of insulin but released more slowly over a longer period?
Hope this makes sense!