But...watermelon has a low glycemic load, only a 4.
I still say, there is not a fruit out there that is responsible for my being fat.
Fruit is healthy. Don't be afraid of enjoying watermelon.
Just like carrots were originally forbidden veggies on SBD, the glycemic load of carrots is low, therefore they have now become acceptable. I think maybe someday the fruit restrictions will be lifted.

Aren't carrots only acceptable on P2?


I'm not sure where you're getting your information from, but my book here and many websites on the net say that watermelon has a REALLY high glycemic index. I found an exact number of 72.
http://www.carbs-information.com/gly...ermelon-gi.htm

Carrots are pretty low though, although the sweetness of them causes me to crave. I tend to avoid them, along with other sweet vegetables - sweet potatoes, particularly. Raw carrots only have a glycemic index of 47.

I am referring to glycemic load, not index. When you research glycemic values you should look at both glycemic index AND glycemic load. I would recommend anyone who looks beyond the SBD book to the science behind SBD food choices to research both glycemic index and glycemic load. They go hand in hand. And, yes carrots are phase 2, as are fruits...therefore anyone eating fruits would be phase 2.
Originally carrots were not allowed...I don't think they were allowed in phase 2 either.

Glycemic index is not a perfect indicator due to the fact that, although it tells a valuable story, it doesn’t take the whole nutritional picture into account. Primarily GI is based on the effect of a fixed portion of carbohydrate on blood sugar but fails to take into account the real life question of “how much can I eat?” Glycemic load is more complicated to understand but it looks at the effects on blood sugar taking volume into account.

A good example is a 100g piece of watermelon, it has a high glycemic index (GI: 72) because it is broken down very quickly however as it is not very dense and contains a lot of water, the glycemic load is relatively low (GL : 3.6). I prefer GL as a nutritional indicator over the GI although part of the equation for GL includes that of the GI.
disclaimer: these are not my own words, they are from one of many quotes attempting to explain GI & GL
Google glycemic load for more info. Try to read more than one source and try to read some sources that are credible, not just a blog or someone's individual web page.

I just researched the glycemic load information. Interesting. Basically it defines that small portion of a food with a high glycemic level will affect the blood sugar in the same way that a normal to large portion of a food with a low glycemic level.

Watermelon, besides being high in lycopene, is relatively low in nutritional value otherwise. As much as I like it, I can definitely go without it all the time because it does cause me to spike and crash. Maintaining an even blood sugar level has done wonders for my mental stability ... and my marriage ;)

With that information, you must also remember that it says a small amount of a high GI food is the same as a normal/large amount of a low GI food. Just because watermelon has a low GL, doesn't mean that we can eat as much as we want just because it isn't as high as say, white bread. It might not be high calorie wise, but it is high on the glycemic level, and the more that you eat, the more it will affect the blood sugar.

Hey ladies... are raisins allowed on P2?

I don't think so, TDI. I believe they are high in sugar.


How is P2 coming, dear?

Good. I'm taking very slowly. I had an apple with breakfast yesterday and a SBD cereal bar as one of my meals on the go today along with lots of veggies and roasted garbanzo beans... I finally made them, I found some in bulk finally!!
My thing, I'm making cookies tomorrow for a little "party" I'm making oatmeal raisin cookies. I'm using WW flour, oat meal, oat bran and quinoa... The margarine, Splenda brown sugar.. It'll be mostly SBd except the raisins. I couldn't find any dried fruit without being sweetened. Raisins were not sweetened.

OK...here's the best explanation I have recently read in reference to GI/GL:

The GI was originally developed by researchers for research purposes, and it was calculated from servings of food that contained 50 grams of carbohydrate. In the case of carrots, you'd have to eat about 1 1/2 pounds to get that much carbohydrate! Would you eat that many carrots at one time? Probably not. The GI doesn't take into account realistic serving sizes. However, the glycemic load does.

Glycemic load (GL) is the amount of carbohydrate in a food multiplied by that food's GI. The GL is also a ranking of how foods affect blood glucose levels, but unlike GI, the GL takes serving size into account. Like GI, the lower the GL, the lower the spike in blood glucose levels. Low-GL foods have a value of 10 or less; moderate-GL foods have a value of 11-19; and high-GL foods have a value of 20 or more.

Back to the carrots, then. Carrots have a GI of 71. If we multiply the 8 grams of carb in a half cup by .71, we get a GL value of roughly 6. Therefore, carrots are a low-GL food. This means that, unless you truly are going to eat a pound and a half at a time, carrots don't have a big impact on blood glucose levels.

Hope this info is helpful.
Karla

The Splenda Brown Sugar Blend is half Splenda and half brown sugar. Just in case you didn't know.