Paul59
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not complicated really, just eat the low GL foods & the right portion size if you want to lose weight, easy peasy.
not complicated really, just eat the low GL foods & the right portion size if you want to lose weight, easy peasy.I avoid batter. Anyway, that's all too complicated for me. My low GL plan is simply less than 50 g of carbs a day. Easy peasy. I could eat more, but I want to stay in ketosis - it's great for running. It's interesting how many different diets people are on here.
Oh, well that's what I'm doing. It's pretty difficult to stay under 50g of carbs a day if you're eating high GI/GL foods, so I eat low GI/GL foods. In my case it's very low GI/GL.not complicated really, just eat the low GL foods & the right portion size if you want to lose weight, easy peasy.
that sounds really nice. must give that ago.
You must add that to the recipies thread.
I'll add it here for now, not sure which recipe thread to add it to?!?
Juice 3 carrots, 1 Apple, about 1 inch piece of Ginger ( I add more, I can't get enough of Ginger) and 1/2 lemon ( optional)
That would spike me to unacceptable levels.
Really? Would that be because of the carrots or Apple?
Both, especially together, and especially juiced. Juicing breaks down the starch and sugars and makes them worse (just like mashed potato as opposed to new potato). I can only eat a small portion of carrots (cooked) and half a small apple.
I understood the GI/GL is for the raw article, and that cooking/juicing alters matters and raises the GI. Shoot me down if I'm wrong.
I started by eating mostly low GI foods and some occasional medium GI foods but I was always careful with portion sizes. If a low GI food releases it's carbs slowly, not eating a lot of it mens there is less to release slowly. For example, I ate, and still do, eat a parboiled brown rice which has about 19g carbs per 100g. Some of that is undigestible carbs so its about 15g really and as I only ate 75g portions, I'd only get about 12g of carbs. Very nice with prawns, some homemade tomato sauce with red onion, and some chopped chilli.
I totally avoid high GL & only small amounts of medium with low that contain fiber, seems the higher the fiber the better & it keeps you going & that is in both senses.Oh, well that's what I'm doing. It's pretty difficult to stay under 50g of carbs a day if you're eating high GI/GL foods, so I eat low GI/GL foods. In my case it's very low GI/GL.
when you say spike by what sort of amount would you call spike? From what I've read on the d,uk site as long as your 2hr is 8.5 or below your ok or 9 for T1.That would spike me to unacceptable levels.
when you say spike by what sort of amount would you call spike? From what I've read on the d,uk site as long as your 2hr is 8.5 or below your ok or 9 for T1.
Well, it's no highly processed veg oil, no grains, no rice, no potatoes/starchy veg, no fruit. Just fresh veg that grows above ground. Meat (especially organ cuts), fish, poultry, full fat yogurt, cheese, butter, cream, olive oil. What I follow is close to a "primal" diet. Similar to a paleo diet but with dairy. It's pretty easy to do. Here's a good website: http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
The reason I wanted to stay on a low GI/GL was I don't particularly like eating fat, and especially I didn't want to reduce my ability to eat carbs overall.
A low carb, high fat diet has the effect of reducing the ability to handle carbs, until your body gets used to eating them again.
So as I dive, or even decide to spontaneously go out somewhere, I find staying on a low GI/GL diet means I have a much wider choice of food I can eat, and know I won't see a spike.
Portion control means I may not tolerate a full plate, but then again, I find I can stop eating when I hit my self imposed limits.
when you say spike by what sort of amount would you call spike? From what I've read on the d,uk site as long as your 2hr is 8.5 or below your ok or 9 for T1.
That rice dish does sound very nice indeed and with a bonus of such little carbs.
Hi Rose28 I use and tweak ...seems to work , but I do what I feel is right for me , do a bit of all diets ...sometimes ....you will find a way which helps and works for you ...@Paul59 Thank you so much for explaining this in so much detail.
I'm a lacto vegetarian and very restricted with food choices.
GL looks like a much wider choice of food, that I pick and choose as a vegetarian.
I've got lots of reading to do!
Thank you
Both, especially together, and especially juiced. Juicing breaks down the starch and sugars and makes them worse (just like mashed potato as opposed to new potato). I can only eat a small portion of carrots (cooked) and half a small apple.
I understood the GI/GL is for the raw article, and that cooking/juicing alters matters and raises the GI. Shoot me down if I'm wrong.
The answers are here.I'm not sure what the answer is to the last sentence... I'll tell you what, Im not going to shoot you.. Lol
But I'm sure someone who knows will come along and put us right...
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