Glycemic Index Help
PCOS and Insulin Resistance?
I have PCOS due to insulin resistance. I will start a glycemic index (GI) diet. I am not obese but I am overweight. The GI will be accompanied by daily exercises. I understand that the diet includes minimizing the carbohydrates intake. However, not all food labels mention the GI of the food. White bread, pasta, potatoes, are high GI foods. Other foods are not classified as high GI foods even though they have high carbohydrates content. I understand that the GI is determined based on (1) the carbohydrates content and (2) based on how fast the carbohydrates break down into glucose and delivered to the blood stream. My question is how do you determine if this food is high in GI and the other is not? Is looking at the carbohydrates content enough? If so, what carbohydrate content (per serving) should be considered as a threshold to consider the GI high? How can I resolve this dilemma with rule of thumbs or easy guidelines? Thanks all.
Public Comments
- To begin how the heck does insulin resistance connect to an ovarian syndrome??? Anyone with any type of diabetes needs receives a multitude of information so you should have had this spelled out through your physicians office and if you haven't you need to contact them. Again, somehow this doesn't all make sense.
- I sympathize!!! get one of the carb counter books. Atkins is the one I use. I eat nothing that is white, tan, yellow or orange. They are all mostly fast absorbing carbs. Except for cauliflower that is. Ok, white foods are cereals, grains potatoes, bananas, etc. most tan foods started life as white! All cereals and grains fall into this catagory. Orange and yellow are carrots, corns, sweet potatoes, etc. This includes all the soft sweet fruits!! When I was officially diagnosed with diabetes and with the help of my glucometer I did some testing on how foods reacted in my body. At snack time, I took my glucose reading, ate a food, like banana, then 90 minutes later did another reading. If the glucose went up over 150 points, I left that food out of my food plan. Every time the docs change my meds, I have to do the testing all over again to see what I can eat now and what to leave alone. Note: all endocrine systems are unalterably interconnected. When one goes wrong, others are sure to follow!! Fair Warning!!!
- Please read the following glycemic index food charts: http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/glycemicfoodchart.htm and how to determine the glycemic index: http://www.glycemicedge.com/glycemicindextable.html However, glycemic index is individual. So you must try your food one by one. The chart is only a guidance. Good luck.
- Snap I have PCOS too, and am not overweight or obese. Im 18 and fit. But once I woke up in the morning with a measure ment of 133 mg/dl (blood glocose). There are good website on here go onto google and type in PCOS (or symptoms of PCOS) and it should give you a few web sites. Your doctor should have give you a GI index though, thats what they should give you to help you. Regards Smith
