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By: Jaime

Jaime — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:46:52 +0000

Now I finally understand about GI. Thanks for the great article.!
Best Wishes,
Jaime S

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:47:57 +0000

Hey Jason,

Yep, you and Mehdi both made a good point I missed out on about particle size. Thanks for the input, helps my article along! Cheers.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:13:47 +0000

Lauren,

Very informative article, great job on this. I’ll throw in my 2 cents as well… you mentioned that high GI foods raise insulin levels very quickly. Insulin can help nutrients to be delivered to the muscles after a workout, and I’d agree that it helps you to get your protein to the muscle site more rapidly. Mehdi also mentioned that smaller particle size leads to quicker absorption. So I can put the 2 together and say that a high GI carb along with protein shake (small particle) can deliver protein to the muscles quickly after a workout. That’s pretty common knowledge, but this explains why it works well.

Thanks for the good read.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:35:08 +0000

@ Medhi
Very Good points, thanks! It is really important to get more low GI stuff into you, but as always looking at it in isolation will lead you down the wrong path.

@ Daniel
Thanks for the kind words. I stumbled across your blog today as well. Will definitely be reading regularly. Cheers.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:54:57 +0000

Hi Lauren

Just thought i’d pop by and say hello. Seen a few of your comments on other fitness blogs so i was intrigued as to what you blog about.

GI and GL are very confusing and i think you explain in perfectly. Good blog you’ve got too.

Daniel.

By: Mehdi

Mehdi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:28:59 +0000

Good post Lauren. The GI is influenced by the combination of food: mix carbs with fat/protein & you get a different GI. Particle size also influence GI: quick oats have a higher GI than rolled oats. And some foods like whole grain bread are not really low gi if you look at the ingredients, they often contain high gi corn syrup.

The GL is much better to look at. Water melon is another good example of low GL food.