Oliva,
you've hit the nail on the head with one of the most important discoveries
in nutrition: I'd already read it and thought the same as you about the
paragraph:
Most starchy foods, including potatoes, bread and many breakfast cereals are
digested and absorbed rapidly and the blood glucose response is almost as
high as that seen with an equivalent load of pure glucose.
In my opinion, the true interpretation is that is :"DIABETICS SHOULD
THEREFORE ENTIRELY AVOID POTATOES, BREAD AND BREAKFAST CEREALS" (AND
THEREFORE SHOULD STICK TO THE PALEODIET WHICH IS THE ARCHETYPAL PERFECT DIET
FOR ADULTS JUST AS BREAST-FEEDING IS THE ARCHETYPAL PERFECT DIET FOR
INFANTS).
I have my doubts about prehistoric man eating all that honey.
Did you look at the author's name? Assoc Prof J. C. Brand Miller is one of
the authors of reference 5  Brand Miller JC, Foster-Powell K, Colagiuri S.
The GI Factor: the glycaemic index solution. Which is a famous reference for
anyone interested in Glycaemic index. The facts are true, only the
interpretation is wrong.

Ben Balzer
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Subject: Re: [P-F] protein and hip fractures- Salt is probably a major
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> Even more interesting was the sugar article in the same site.  I am
> flabbergasted at it and am wondering if science in Australia is studied on
> another planet from our own.    Oliva
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Balzer <[log in to unmask]>
>
> >Excess sodium intake leads to increased calcium excretion in urine! See "
A
> >Salty Tale" http://www.monash.edu.au/ANF/newsletter/Feb-98/index.htm No
> >wonder osteoporosis is so common and recommended calcium intakes are so
> >ludicrously high. I know that some folks estimate the original paleodiet
> has
> >humungous amounts of calcium, but I wonder if they've cooked the figure a
> >bit to meet the "recommended level"
> >Ben Balzer