On 17/08/2019 19:35, Mike Easter wrote:
> Alister wrote:
>> As a type 2 diabetic who has spent a considerable time monitoring my
>> blood glucose levels I can confirm that starches do indeed raise your BG
>> levels considerably & for a prolonged period
>> white bread is definitely the worst offender.
>
> There is a popular book Wheat Belly pub'd in 2011 auth'd by Wm Davis,
> cardiologist, who says modern wheat cultivars are 'drastically'
> different from the wheat of 50 y ago in terms of the metabolic impact of
> its amylopectin A starch, which he says has a higher glycemic index than
> sugar.
>
> That GI number is supported by a Harvard study* which showed white bread
> at 75 while sucrose was 65 and fructose 15 while glucose was of course
> 100, the index.
>
>
"sucrose" is a mixture of glucose and fructose.

GI index isnt the only measure though: total carbohydrates is another.


> *
>
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/glycemic-index-and-glyce
mic-load-for-100-foods
>   Glycemic index for 60+ foods - Measuring carbohydrate effects can help
> glucose management
>


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