Yes, weight gain is an ironic side effect associated with dieting. First comes the honeymoon period where it looks as though you’re actually going to lose weight—and keep it off. Then suddenly, that honeymoon is over, and you reach the dreaded "plateau" where scales no longer budge. This book is going to clue you in on a little secret: you didn’t fail with your last diet. Your diet failed you. That’s right!
Gluten Free Low Glycemic Cookbook for Diabetics & Allergy Sufferers
I am reading this weight loss book on the Glycemic Index (I have an insulin imbalance). The book says I can eat Sourdough bread (the acid neutralizes the sugar by 30%) and other low to medium glycemic breads. So, it has to be under 60 or so on the glycemic scale. Is there a decent tasting bread out there that will fall under this category? I am not a fan of Sourdough.
Where is it written on the nutrition label? I have never seen it before.
Just read the food labels. With Low GI bread, it will be written in the bread package. It actually tastes as nice as any other bread.
So I’m a new type 2, I’ve got the food exchange down. But everyone here on answers says to count carbs. I am clueless and need to get to expert level fast. I know some low glycemic foods. So do u carry around 2 books? I ‘m not eating the bear claw my son brought me, so I’m on to those carbs. (sugar)
Most packaged foods have the info right on the label. I don’t carry a book… never have. I simply avoid the breads, pastas, doughnuts, etc. Realizing that, I eat all the vegetables I want because most are low in calories and high in nutrition. I eat a fair amount of chicken and fish because they are high in protein and low in calories from carbs and sugar. After awhile, you’ll get a feel for what you should have and what you shouldn’t. I’ve been a T2 diabetic for nearly four years (hard to tell, because it comes on so gradually). I’ve found some very nice resources that have helped me tremendously in my understanding of the disease and how to treat it. I’ve put them all together on a webpage that you might find helpful right here: http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Type_II_Diabetes.html
If so, what do you think of it?
I’ve been reading The Glucose Revolution books and just wondering if anyone has used this method at all.
As a general rule of thumb, I try to eat low glycemic foods with my weight loss system. I don’t follow it to the letter. I know of others that are using the Glycemic Index and following it fairly well. It seems to be working for them.
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Can someone explain glycemic index (GI)? I was reading a magazine article that talked about GI and how it helped people lose weight. I also read online that low-GI in foods help keep weight under control and help with a number of other things. I was hoping someone could explain a little about GI and what affect it has on your body. Also, how can you tell the GI of a food without having to look it up online or in a book everytime? Thanks!
GI is sort of the rate the energy of the food releases into the blood.
Better GI foods for you are obviously the foods that release the energy slowly, rather than fast. Therefore, you are able to burn the carbohydrates rather than it turning into fat. Carbs turn into fat if they are not burned.
Hi GI foods are things like White bread, Sweets, (Foods that have more refined carbohydrates in them).
Low GI foods are foods like wholegrain foods, Fruits with natural sugar.
So without reading a book, I would suggest that if you are to eat higher GI foods to eat them earlier in the day, therefore burning it through exercise that day!
Choose wholegrain bread, pastas, and cereals, Porridge is great it also fills you up. Try to stay away from foods like sweets, sugary cereal, white breads… etc…
Sorry i know i said heaps but i have been on a diet before and did a low carb low GI diet and i lost quite a bit.
I hope i helped….
I was recently diagnosed as a non-insulin dependent diabetic with mild hypertension, due to being overwieght. In addition to taking Metformin and excercising 1 hour a day, my doctor said that I should follow a low GI diet.
I’ve been keeping up on the meds and the excercise, but I’ve been having trouble with the diet. I don’y really know what I can or can’t eat. I know to avoid potatoes, white bread, and sweets, but not much else. I’ve been trying to find a reference guide that helps outline what I should eat, or should eat sparingly, etc. I’m also looking for a cookbook that has GI based receipies. Most of the GI based cookbooks seem to be south-beach books, and have too many fruit products.
The other thing is that I need the books (especially the cookbook) to have are complete nutritional information since I have to watch my sodium intake.
Thanks a bunch!
The G. I. Diet by Rick Gallop.
This book has plenty of recipes.
The G. I. Diet Guide to Shopping and Eating Out by Rick Gallop.