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Subject: Sour Dough Bread And Basmati Rice

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06/16/2008 4:56 AM
Hi, This is my first time posting at this web site. I bought some Basmati Rice and Sour dough rye bread. Both of this products have Low-GI written on them. My question is "can these foods be incorporated into my zone diet?". Do these foods have a low enough GI to be considered to be in the zone? Of course I understand that I would need to consume these foods with a proportionate amount of good oil and protein.

Thanks in advance,

Dave In Australia
Sue K User is Online
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06/16/2008 7:05 AM
Hi Dave!

They are both unfavorabl carbs, so use them very sparingly. Dr. Sears recommendation is to use unfavorable carb for no more than 25% of all the carb in a meal.
sue

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06/19/2008 4:47 PM
I have to agree with Sue. I find it hard to believe that bread and rice are low glycemic index. I would avoid them entirely or keep them to 1/3 or 1/4 of your carbohydrates in any given meal or snack.
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06/21/2008 1:34 AM
So is it ok to eat some High GI carbs - just in small amounts?
Matthew User is Offline
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06/23/2008 9:55 AM
Dr. Dears recommends that no more than 25% of your carbs come from unfavorable sources.However, I think you will find after doing the math, that you will likely avoid most unfavorable carbs in the long run.

For example, I think 1 block of rice is 1.5 cup. Seems like a waste when you can have a cup of strawberries instead.

Likewise break is something like 2 blocks of carbs for a single slice. Following Dr. Sears's suggestion regarding unfavorable carbs, most men and women would only get about 1/2 of a slice of bread in a given meal.
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08/06/2008 12:18 PM
I agree with Matthew. I prefer having 2 cups of strawberries for my 2 blocks of carbs than 1 cup of ugly white rice (which I love by the way, but the consequences of having it are terrible for my stomach!)

I also am done with bread. Not a piece for 2 months now and still alive!!! Ha ha ha (that means I do not need it). Miss it terribly but since I had a breakdown a while ago and ate 3 pieces of delicious mexican sweet bread and had a terrible hangover the morning after, won't do it again!

So try to stay as far as you can from unfav carbs my friend :)


XOXO.
Sue K User is Online
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08/06/2008 6:36 PM
Great advice Barbara!

Honestly, after spending so many years in the Zone , I don't miss bread at all.
sue

Lost 100 lbs 15 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil. ZoneFast is the best!


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Barbara User is Offline
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08/06/2008 9:18 PM
Great! I am looking forward to it (not missing it at all), but I believe that's a battle you fight a day at a time. For now, I do not touch it.

:)
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