I ran across an article about an updated glycemic index but couldn’t find a link to it, and so started searching around. I did find some sources that seem simple in table format, but I wondered:
What do you use for your glycemic index (and glycemic load) information?
For me rice has a GI of 1,000, glucose 100, baked potatoes 85, bread 85, and so it goes.
Rice is an absolute no-go for me. It cannot be bolused properly.
Have they released the index for people who would use the new index?
Long-grain brown rice might be easier. It’s slower.
Another thing is if you cook it, and then refrigerate it for 24 hours, and then reheat it before eating, it will slow it down even more.
If you haven’t already tried that, maybe give it a go.
I haven’t been able to find it, yet.
I used to use google…I’ve never considered GI values to be precise and developed my own gut feel of “low-medium-high” based on varied sources and experiences. I found that my consumption of high GI foods and snacks is limited to a short list so operating on gut feel seems to be OK for those.
For my diet:
Mid- to low-glycemic that I prefer:
High glycemic I avoid (but sometimes eat in small quantities)
High glycemic I use to manage my BS
I’ve never benefited from the concept. Cynically it seems to be marketing by the health-food industry; “brown rice is good” [sends my BG through the roof], “whole grain bread is good” [sends my BG through the roof].
I cannot eat any staple and now my T2 wife cannot either.
That’s a generalisation, but generalisations are good. We can eat any staple if we mix it with other stuff; we’ve both been living off my wife’s morning sandwichs for a few months now. She makes two in the morning (four small slices of bread, nominally about 50g total but I bolus 30g, so 120g total). We then eat half of our sandwich each and, when we become peckish some time later, eat the other half. I bolus 30g each time.
The rest of the sandwich is what matters; lettuce, tomatoes, avacado, ham, some cheese, radish, daikon.
But I can snack on fruit any time of the day. I normally eat two or three pieces of watermelon or, more carbs, a couple of strawberries or, less carbs, a couple of slices of orange over the day.
I use AndroidAPS, the Dexcom G7 and the Omnipod Dash.
I use Google. I really only look up fruit. I have my regular berries and apples on hand, but if something is on sale at the grocery store that I don’t regularly eat, I’ll look up the glycemic index and decide if it’s worth buying.