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Val, oh you scared me about cottage cheese, 1% or fat free is okay...is it okay in your resource?

Tomato,

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cottage cheese - whole or 2% -

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Wow that is really a surprise and people are using it a lot!!!

Macaroni (1 cup - cooked on the firmer side) Low GI 47

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Cranberry juice "Ocean Spray" 1 cup 52 Low GI

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LARD - yuk...stay clear.....I'm sure low GI, but so bad for the heart...

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hard one :)

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nectarines -

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5/13/13 5:30 P

Lentils

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5/13/13 12:06 A

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5/10/13 5:55 P

Raspberries

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5/9/13 5:22 A

Wow really is surprising!!!

Spinach little or no carbs soooooo

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5/8/13 6:28 P

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5/8/13 7:17 A

Cantaloupe HIGH GI - 88 for 1 cup

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5/6/13 8:07 P

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5/6/13 5:15 A

Nuts "cashews" Low GI 22 keep portions small as high in calories.

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5/5/13 8:32 P

onions -

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I luv scones too Deb!!!

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Scones GI 92

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I love scones

The one in the book says "scone, plain, packet mix, Defiance", but homemade and fruit ones did not have a rating, but I could safely say skip the scone...



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5/4/13 10:30 A

Instant rice, white -

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5/3/13 8:06 P

Icing (frosting)

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5/3/13 6:24 P

chickpeas -

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5/3/13 5:14 A

Rice Cakes HIGH GI 82

What kills me is before I knew this stuff, these things get pushed on us as low-fat snack foods..yik..

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5/1/13 9:58 A

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Cabbage "no GI rating" cause little or no carbs

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4/30/13 5:43 A

Mango GI 51

One of my favorites!

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4/30/13 12:28 A

pomegranate juice -

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4/29/13 5:50 A

apple pie "bad" High GI and fat from crust

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4/28/13 8:18 P

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4/27/13 8:39 A

Ricotta Cheese "fat free" Low GI Food

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4/25/13 10:59 P

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Maple syrup "pure" GI 51 (1 tbs)

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4/23/13 11:15 P

tomato juice, no sugar added -

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4/23/13 12:39 P

Nuts

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I eat nuts now for a snack instead of sweets. My husband has been telling me for years to eat nuts and I didn't because of the fat. Now I know better ... all in moderation.

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4/23/13 6:00 A

Mangos GI 51 (Low) 1 Regular

One of my favorites!

Will be interesting to see what others find out! What is in your mango today?


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4/22/13 2:21 P

strawberries (40)


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4/21/13 8:16 P

oysters - little or no carb

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4/21/13 7:41 A

Frosted Flakes

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4/20/13 11:41 P

Life Cereal (66)


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4/20/13 9:55 P

All-Bran cereal, Kellogg's -

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4/19/13 1:06 P

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Peas are another food I always avoided because I thought they were too starchy. They aren't my favorite veggie, but we have them a couple of times a month now.

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4/19/13 8:08 A

Orange....

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Thanks Val, I love nutella but was afraid to consider using it..and I like your motto as well. I have the same book as well. They have a cool shopping list in the front :)

:)

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4/18/13 10:17 P

Isomalt - artificial sweetener - GI of 60 =

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4/17/13 2:55 P

trail mix because it can be all over the place depending on whether raisins, dried fruit, or chocolate chips are added and the quantity of these. You can make a low gi trail mix if you go heavier on the nuts.



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4/17/13 2:18 P

Nutella hazelnut spread -

Another surprise! I have an Italian friend who luvs this stuff. If you haven't heard about it, it's a chocolate hazelnut spread with sugar.

Since I got my "The Low GI Shoppers Guide to GI Values 2013" book by Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller, a renowned authority on the GI, I've been using it for this GI food game so I assume it's an excellent up-to-date authority, but the potato chips and the Nutella have surprised me. Bottom line is how fast these foods are converted to glucose and I have to trust their knowledge. But I do agree with you on your new motto Deb " when in doubt, leave it out". How about this one too, "if it doesn't sound right, don't bite".

Back to the game, next food should start with "T".

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4/17/13 6:12 A

weird, the potato chips in the 2013 shoppers guides say 57 for 25g, and yet another says red on the food list provided in one of my threads, so we have low, med and high.

my new motto will be when it doubt, leave it out

Tuna

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potato chips, plain, salted (about 30) -

This really surprised me - I thought for sure it would be in the red zone!

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4/15/13 7:58 P

apple juice, no added sugar -

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4/14/13 11:13 P

avocado

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grapefruit juice, unsweetened -

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4/14/13 8:18 A

Thanks Susan!

Eggs "all I could come up with - not much in the way of E foods"


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Cheerios -

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4/13/13 2:20 P

Macaroni and cheese (Kraft boxed) (64)

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When I looked up pomegranates I got this:

Glycemic Index for Pomegranates
There is no scientific study of the glycemic index of pomegranates, but since there is so little fiber, it could be similar to that of pomegranate juice, which one study showed to be 67.

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4/13/13 5:42 A

Pomegranate "untested, unknown" via my 2013 guide

Would guess low GI, what do you girls think?

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4/12/13 4:55 P

asparagus (15)

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Italian dressing - as it has little or no carbs - no GI

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Asian Sauces "no rating but book suggests as a condiment"

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peach

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Deb, that's for dried dates. I guess I needed to add that, but it's the only way I've eaten them.
http://www.carbs-information.com/glycemic-index-fruit/dates-gi-value.htm

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rapini -

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Strange about the dates, I checked my LowGiDiet Shopper's Guide for 2013, they are saying dates are "39-45" for 5 of them. Where did you get that reading of 103?

Oh good idea about adding a little watermelon to my fruit salad, that would even out the index.

Turnip "little or no carbs" so low GI

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dates (103) Is that the highest yet?


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4/10/13 9:58 A

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Deb, My favorite summertime treat is fruit salad. A little watermelon in that would work.

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Watermelon HIGH GI 78

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Watermelon is my favorite fruit in the Summer....this will be an interesting summer!

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collard -

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Rice "Uncle Ben's Converted Rice-both white and brown" the one in the orange box! 1/2 cup Low GI

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Eggs, I know we used it before but can't think of anything so it is..they are as long as the eggs themselves aren't green..you're golden!

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Zucchini

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Leeks

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4/4/13 4:14 P

tomato soup

Actually, I found differing numbers for tomato soup. Campbells made with milk can be , but there were several recipes for tomato soup that were low or very low. I make mine from scratch and comparing it to the very low recipes, I think mine is in that range. Few things taste better than tomato soup made from the tomatoes in your garden.


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Tator Tots

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In my books articokes have no GI listed saying no carbs at all. I have the LowGIDiet Guide 2013..not much of US stuff in it though, it is from Australia!

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Deb - thanks for the answer. I don't eat spaghetti often and only a small portion when I do. It does seem strange that there are so many different answers to the GI of an individual item. I wonder if it could be partly portion size. I looked up artichokes online the other day and they were said to be among the lowest with a GI of 15, but Edwards1411 found them to be a "yield" item. We could easily eat artichokes at least once a week.


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Tangerine

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Hi Susan, it truly is all in the way you cook the pasta. Al dente is best. And I believe it all boils down to how fast it turns into glucose, not so much the fiber.

I checked a couple of my books and this is what I found. I do think some books can differ.

Whole wheat spaghetti - Medium GI (1 1/2 cups)
Spaghetti - Medium GI (1 1/2 cups)

So if you cook too long the gI rises.

Spaghetti, white, boiled, average 46
Spaghetti, white, boiled 20 min, average 58
Spaghetti, wholemeal, boiled, average 42

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So I am wondering about pasta, whole wheat in particular.

Spaghetti, whole wheat (37)

Spaghetti, white (38)



I'm not so sure that makes sense to me. I've been using whole wheat for the last 6 months but my husband doesn't really like it. Can there really be so little difference?

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pistachios -

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tapioca


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