tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post116488877139155068..comments2024-03-26T05:07:24.149+11:00Comments on .: GI News—December 2006GI Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609354784645028388noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1167536443325718942006-12-31T14:40:00.000+11:002006-12-31T14:40:00.000+11:00The GI website gets hundreds of questions a week a...The GI website gets hundreds of questions a week and the group answers them as speedily as possible. If you simply have questions about the GI value of your favourite foods, it's a much better idea to go straight to the database (we explain how to use this in the June issue of GI News)and look it up or pick up a copy of The Shopper's Guide to GI Values. The 2007 edition is out now in Australia, NZ and the US. If you can't find the values for a food in either of these places, then it usually means that it hasn't been tested, or it hasn't been tested by the proper scientific method.<BR/>Tapioca pudding (tapioca and milk) is high GI (81). Both times plain popcorn was tested (different brands each time) it was cooked in the microwave. In the latest Shopper's Guide it has an average value of 72, making it high GI. But a small 20 gram serving only has around 6 grams of carbohydrate, so the glycemic load is quite low (4). As for puffed wholegrains - it's processing that increases the GI of cereal grains. Puffed and flaked breakfast cereals all tend to be high GI. Check out point 4 on particle size in Food for Thought this month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1167463202317757812006-12-30T18:20:00.000+11:002006-12-30T18:20:00.000+11:00i am writing here because it seems like it takes a...i am writing here because it seems like it takes almost a year to get answers from you by email.... is plain, salted and air popped popcorn low gi?<BR/>And if a whole grain is puffed, can those be low gi too?<BR/>also, please clarify about tapioca...I am confused if it is low gi or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1167363669184070822006-12-29T14:41:00.000+11:002006-12-29T14:41:00.000+11:00Don, we assume you are referring to the Australian...Don, we assume you are referring to the Australian edition of The Low GI Diet and have passed your questions on to the authors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1167351111724713392006-12-29T11:11:00.000+11:002006-12-29T11:11:00.000+11:003 Questions;And before that just thanks and congra...3 Questions;<BR/><BR/>And before that just thanks and congratualtions.<BR/><BR/>1) on pages 80, 81 there appears to be a calculation error. Dave's salmon should read (4) and not (2), or am I mistaking something?<BR/><BR/>2) same pages, why 6 veg and 3 fruit and not 5 and 2?<BR/><BR/>3) is there an easy way to relate the recipies to daily allowances and catagories?<BR/><BR/>thanks-DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1164961205826217362006-12-01T19:20:00.000+11:002006-12-01T19:20:00.000+11:00Rice: We are waiting for a new low GI rice to get ...Rice: We are waiting for a new low GI rice to get some space on the supermarket shelves before doing the rice story. It was tested a few months ago and will carry the GI symbol. But it is not yet in supermarkets, so there's no point telling people all about it until they can buy it. Very frustrating. We understand it should be in supermarkets early 2007. So watch this space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473599.post-1164954261738041242006-12-01T17:24:00.000+11:002006-12-01T17:24:00.000+11:00Thank you very much for the new issue which I shal...Thank you very much for the new issue which I shall read with interest as usual. Still awaiting the rice comparison you promissed a couple of months ago. Any idea when that might be? <BR/><BR/>Thanks folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com