Re: Actual lists of food to avoid, recipes...
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Dec 2001 23:15:36 -0600 (CST)
I should think most bookstores (as well as Amazon) would carry a copy of
the glycemic index. There are whole diets built around it. If that's
what you're looking for (and personally I would agree that it would make
a difference!) try looking there. A book that breaks down EVERYTHING
into high, low or moderate glycemic might be just what you're looking
for!
BTW, the glycemic index just measures how quickly a given food turns to
sugar in your bloodstream. If you eat, say, a bowl of icecream, your
bloodsugar will rise very quickly. If you eat a pork chop, it will rise
a bit, but rise slower and stay up longer.
Hope that helps!
At Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Panacea wrote:
>
>My husband is going nuts (he does most of the food preparation) because
>he can't figure out what types of foods are good for me. I have a hard
>time telling. All I know is what types of foods I've heard mentioned
>are bad (potatoes, carrots, corn, etc) but I don't know the _rules_...
>you can say "high glycemic, low glycemic" all you want, but the fact is
>the nutritional information on the packages doesn't tell you the
>glycemic level.
>
>I need to know how to read the nutritional info on packages in order to
>know what is good and what is bad. I've kind of worked out that you
>look at the carb vs protein content, and avoid foods where the sugar
>content is at high ratio to the carb. For instance if it says: 32g Carb
>30g Sugar, that is something to avoid. That cuts out ALL fruit juices
>(besides diet). :( But THEN... THEN I look at the nutritional info on
>a pack of instant potatoes and it says 25g carb 2g sugar!!!! I don't GET
>it! :(
>
>So can anyone point me to actual _lists_ of food to avoid, some way to
>learn the _rules_, how to _use_ the nutritional info on the backs of
>packages in order to figure out what is ok for me to eat. PLEASE
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Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org
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