Are the calories of a banana used differently to the calories of cake?

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  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
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    tycho_mx wrote: »
    just one note on glycemic index - it's most of the times a gross simplification. Why? because even if the GI of white rice is very high, very few people eat it on its own. Add a protein, or a legume, or fiber and the GI of the meal goes down.

    So your white bread has high GI. Add some peanut butter. Bonus - it even tastes better! It still does nothing with the calorie intake, which pretty much is accepted to be the single largest component of the energy balance.

    Completely agree. And while GI might be of some concern for someone with a limited palate and/or having to adjust insulin shots for the majority, without medical conditions, and eating normal mixed meals the impact of GI over, say a day of eating and digesting, is non-existent versus calorie content.

    Whether it takes 40 minutes or 2 hours to digest the food. In 24 hours you've digested it all.

    There are situations where GI considerations make sense, but for the average dieter, getting calories dialed takes precedence.

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