Question About Daily Glycemic Load

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:19:18 -0800, Abbey Smart wrote:
Cookie Cutter wrote:
2)What's a meaningful way to use GL on a daily basis? Can you have a
daily GL target, similar to the Atkins ACE, calculated by simply adding
all GL values for the day? If so, what are some good guidelines to
follow? What would be considered a low daily GL?

I can't help but think this GL stuff is way more work than it's worth.
Why not just get a blood glucose meter and see what's really going on?

It's not the easiest to figure out (though everyone can, it just takes
time). What would be really nice is if the GL was part of the
nutrition labelling on the package, as they are now doing in
Australia.

I think a glucose monitor is a good idea, at least to test the
'staples' of your diet. I don't think I'd want to poke myself with a
needle every time I eat something :-)

It's more the effect of the 'spikes' on blood sugar which is the issue
(and the resulting insulin response)... so... for example, 120g of
carbs from whole wheat bread is good whereas 120g of carbs from white
bread would be bad. Exact same amount of carbs, but a very different
impact on the body.

It comes down to the saying 'it's not just the quantity of the carb,
but the quality of the carb' and, actually, more-and-more, it's
looking like it's mostly the quality that matters.

On 18 Feb 2005 17:18:57 GMT, Ignoramus29670
wrote:

I want to understand something.

Just why can't we use the carb count for the day as that daily
glycemic load? (ignoring protein breaking down into sugar).

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