--- In TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com, Lounurse@a... wrote:
> <PRE>I tried the soy noodles also, they never did get soft enough
and didn't
> taste like noodles. ycccck............Louise

Does Glycemic index matter?

I know many diabetics try to eat a particular kind of bread, so that
sugar levels rise slowly or less after a meal.

But have you actually did an experiment to check if it actually
matters...

Consider someone who eats a sandwich for breakfast. He/she starts
with almost same /similar fasting levels, and then eats low glyemic
soy bread on day 1, and high glycemic normal bread on day 2.

The results are as follows:

eg.

Day 1 Day 2

Fasting 80 82
After
breakfast 150 148

A typical diabetic meal should consist of carbohydrate,
monounsaturated fat, and protien. So think of a tuna sandwich with
one of those new spreads made from canola oil or hummus. Add sun
dried tomatoes and veggies to make it bigger without adding extra
calories.

If you are not eating a pure carb meal, the glycemic index of the
total meal is very low. Fats and protiens are digested very slowly.
So if your bread is high glycemic French sourdough, the canola spread
and tuna will slow down digestion, and your sugar levels will rise
slowly.

So as long as you are not eating just bread, worrying about the type
of bread might be an extra burden which is not worth it...