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Date: | Sat, 16 Dec 2000 20:04:35 -0500 |
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<<Reading Eades and Sears, you wouldn't get the idea that, calorie for
calorie, you achieve better insulin control eating pasta than beef or fish>>
But worse glucagon control. The ratio between glucagon and insulin is
surely more relevant than insulin control alone.
Sears terms pasta a "high density carbohydrate", meaning that a given rise
in blood sugar (or insulin) from eating pasta provides relatively few
nutrients (vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, amino acids, co-enzymes...).
As a result, Sears recommends "low density carbohydrates" - fruits and
vegetables - that supply an abundance of nutrients for a given rise in blood
sugar (or insulin).
Rob
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