Once More With Feeling

I've been asked again, so I'll repeat it again:

I am NOT an advocate of a low glycemic index diet -- that is, a diet that simply replaces the usual carbs in the diet with low glycemic index carbs.

I DO advocate a low glycemic LOAD diet -- a diet which not only improves the quality of the carbohydrates in the diet, but drastically reduces their quantity.

Remember: Glycemic load = glycemic index x grams of carbohydrate eaten. There is no way this equation will work out if the diet is still based on carbohydrate foods!

The truth is that Atkins, Protein Power, and other truly low carbohydrate diets are also low glycemic load diets. And a diet loaded with grains and beans does not have a low glycemic load, no matter what the glycemic index of those foods may be.

Thank you very much for your attention.