Are low glycaemic index foods best for diabetes or not?
Yes, the Glycimic Index and the Glycimic should be required reading and study for all diabetics. Go to :http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm Its the best on the net. This is the definitive table for both the glycemic index and the glycemic load. I am able to reproduce it here courtesy of the author, Professor Jennie Brand-Miller of the University of Sydney. It is based on a table with more columns but no more foods published July 2002 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, pages 5-56. GI of 55 is low; GL of 10 is low. This table includes 750 foods. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world. The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers—the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a h
