Re:Why Cutting Carbs Is So Tough
by nathan-wailes on Thursday July 20, 2017 @10:47AM
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I think you mean the other way around, right? I can eat more broccoli than carrots? The carrots take up quite a bit of space in your stomach, and I would wager their GI is far below breads/etc., so I would expect that I'd run out of space in my stomach before their GI became something to worry about. I'm someone who used to (and still does sometimes) eat an entire loaf of bread at once (God help me), so I'm not worried about carrots.
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Re:Why Cutting Carbs Is So Tough
by woodandsteel on Thursday July 20, 2017 @05:51PM
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>The carrots take up quite a bit of space in your stomach, and I would wager their GI is far below breads/etc., so I would expect that I'd run out of space in my stomach before their GI became something to worry about.
You're on the right track, but what you mean is not the GI of carrots is low, but the glycemic load. For blood sugar and diet considerations, the GL is at least as important as the GI
http://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/glycem...