Re: How low can a GI go?

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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:28:49 GMT, Wes Groleau
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>Quentin Grady wrote:
>> One doesn't have to give them a glycemic INDEX of zero.
>> It is sufficient to give them a glycemic LOAD of zero.
>> Put simply it doesn't matter whether they make a zero contribution to
>> the blood glucose because they have zero percent carbs or their
>> glycemic index is zero. Their contribution to the weighted average is
>
>But their presence does affect the speed of BG rise,
>and therefore affects the overall GI.


>And if GL is nominally GI times amount ....

G'day G'day Wes,

I'm missing your point here.

Glycemic load = glycemic index x percentage carb x serving/100

If percentage carb tends to zero it really doesn't matter what the
glycemic index is.

Y x 0 is 0 no matter how big Y is.

We see the silliness in less extreme form with carrots. There are
those who come out in a rash over the thought of eating cooked carrots
because they have a high glycemic index. Frankly I can't see what the
problem is. Carrots have so little carbs that one has a hard time
eating enough to get a decent glycemic load.
It's the load that pushes up blood glucose levels not the glycemic
index.

Best wishes,

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