"Bananas may have more nutrients but they fill you up and give you the same sugar crash as a cookie. " - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

HURM - Tinfoil 2.0

Sorry but them's the facts. You can still eat them, just add a side of orange. ;) - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

I think ther chart is #suspect. It shows white pasta having less sugar crash than brown pasta. - Tinfoil 2.0

Can't eat bananas or many other fruits if you are low carbing because of this. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Interesting that potatoes are off the chart - are they saying that they make you very full? - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Tinfoil: a footer link led me to this: " An insulin index of foods: the insulin demand generated by 1000-kJ portions of common foods" http://ucsyd.dk/fileadm... - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

In that PDF, it shows brown pasta having less sugar and way more 'fibre' - there's no way it makes you crash more than white pasta. Complex carbs >> simple carbs. - Tinfoil 2.0

The serving sizes were slightly different, does that make a difference? - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Could be, but then it's not a fair comparison. - Tinfoil 2.0

Yeah, it's based on packaged foods, they list the brands. And I bet different brands have different values and different manufacturing processes. Like organic vs. regular. I guess the point is to be aware of things like this. - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

The reason why the serving sizes differ is because they're comparing equicaloric portions. - Victor Ganata

OK, but that's not how most people choose their serving sizes. I still contest the conclusion that equal calories of white pasta and brown pasta yield a greater sugar crash with brown. - Tinfoil 2.0

It does seem a strange way to do it. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

I'd also be wary of equating glycemic index directly with the sensation of a sugar crash. - Victor Ganata

And the way they graphed this, I don't think you can really infer that brown pasta makes you crash more than white pasta does. - Victor Ganata

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I'll choose whole grains and complex carbs over simple carbs every time. I basically consider foods made of simple carbs to be devoid of nutritional content. - Tinfoil 2.0

It depends on what you need to do. Simple carbs are better for burst activity. - Victor Ganata

Not an Olympic sprinter ----> - Tinfoil 2.0

haha. - Derrick

Not that I don't eat simple carbs. Chocolate and ice cream are two of my best friends :) I just don't consider them to be health foods. - Tinfoil 2.0

"Simple carbs are better for burst activity." <---- See, I didn't know that. - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Need a burst? M&Ms all the way! 512 calories per half cup :D - Tinfoil 2.0

Damn! Haha! - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart