Glycemic load

Hey guys,

I've been reading on glycemic index and glycemic load lately.. Ive read that a low GL is 20.. but is that for a single food type? Is the GL just a guideline for how much of a specific food you can eat? Or is that GL range a guideline for a single MEAL, which might consist of many different foods, for example a fruit salad.. If that is the case, do you just add the GL of each fruit in the serving to find the meals total GL?

Thanks guys!

 

Glycemic load

you are wasting your time
unless you are diabetic, it should be of no relevance to you

 

Glycemic load

GI of food is rendered completely useless as soon as you add fat or protein to a meal.

Just do IIFYM and forget about the rest. Srs.

Read here:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...5358123&page=1

 

Glycemic load

Hmmm, well that's what I'm doing, but I just wanted to minimize the insulin response throughout the day. So if I wanna lose fat and get ripped, I could still do that eating ice cream everyday as long as it fits my macros? with a 40p-40c-20f macro ratio for example?

 

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oh so its really about wanting to eat ice cream not fruit salad

 

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Hard resistance training, or even interval training and sprinting.... reduces insulin response to food far far more so than any manipulation of glycemic index or macronutrient ratios do. Furthermore why are you trying to reduce insulin response below this? Insulin doesn't inhibit fat burning outside of the context of the accompanying calories that stimulated its production and it is very protein/muscle sparing in individuals with a high degree of insulin sensitivity in their muscle tissue.

Yes you can, and many members of this forum including natural competative bodybuilders, eat ice cream every day, or frequently at least, while getting ripped.

Food ratios are pointless, such as 40/40/20, 40/30/30, serve no purpose other than to cause confusion, are arbitrarily made up and anyone telling you to use them doesn't know what they are talking about or is trying to sale you a book.

 

Glycemic load

Are they? So you're saying it's as simple as calories in/calories out? If that was the case.. does that mean I can burn fat by getting my caloric needs from carbs ALONE? Obviously I'm taking it to the extreme, but just where is the line drawn then?

Also, about the insulin, correct me if Im wrong, but from what I gathered, you're saying insulin will not inhibit fat burning on a larger whole body scale and only do so with the foods that caused the insulin spike? If that's what you meant, I didn't know that.. pretty cool. If not, please correct me.

Determined4000, yes, it's def about the icecream.. who wouldn't want to eat icecream and still be shredded?! Although I do love fruits and fruit salads too, lol.. I just love carbs in general

 

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dw bout glycemic index

 

Glycemic load

Protein is required for protein synthesis. Fat is required for hormone maintenance. Could you burn fat on carbs alone? Sure. But you'll feel like crap and lose a lot of muscle.

Read the stickies.

 

Glycemic load

Or be a hodgetwin brah and eat no more than 10% fat llol