Good carbs

ithrowconfetti wrote: »

jasonmh630 wrote: »

12by311 wrote: »

1. Satiety is personal. For example, fiber means just exactly nothing to me when it comes to satiety over hours. Fat, on the other hand, does wonders for me. A fiber-filled stir fry will keep me full for about half an hour. Some cheese is much more effective over time.

2. I promise you that I would regret eating 7 cups of broccoli more than 1.5 ounces of chocolate. Just thinking about it causes some cramping.

As long as one's nutritional needs (micro and macro) are being met, and that person feels satisfied, stop trying to think that huge amounts of vegetables are some sort of miracle. You don't get bonus nutrition points for shoveling kale in your mouth.

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Also, why so much hate for green tea Kit Kats?

For me, it's because they taste disgusting.

ithrowconfetti wrote: »

Hornsby wrote: »

For me, it's because they taste disgusting.

Good to know, especially since you're contributing to a bigger supply of them for me. They're my favourite type of Kit Kat to consume, so to each his own!

Absolutely Taste is relative for sure. I have had a lot of the Asian Kit Kats though. Some are yummy, but that one didn't sit well with me.

Hey, on my list the humble potato came out pretty good on the fiber scale. It beats out brown rice.

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The sugar wrapped in Metamucil will be absorbed slower.

Adding Quinoa.

Pasta (Fiber 0, GI 8)
White Rice (Fiber 1g, GI 22)
Couscous (Fiber 2g, GI 18)
Spaghetti Squash (Fiber 2g, GI 2)
Wild Rice (Fiber 3g, GI 16)
Brown Rice (Fiber 4g, GI 22)
Quinoa (Fiber 5g, GI 18)
Yam (Fiber 5g, GI 16)
Baked Potato (Fiber 7g, GI 29)
Yellow Corn (Fiber 7g, GI 21)
Sweet Potato (baked in skin) (Fiber 7g, GI 17)
Baked Beans (Fiber 10g, GI 19)

This goes to show that the latest fab foods, though they get a lot of press, sit firmly in the middle of the pack as far as fiber and GI goes.

Food is lovely and all food is good.

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jgnatca wrote: »

I am pretty sure fruit is moved in to the complex range as the simple sugars are wrapped in a fiber sandwich.

Chemically, no, they are simple carbs: it's a distinction between mono and polysaccharides. The problem is that "complex" sounds better, so people want to use that distinction to essentially mean healthy and not or processed and not. Even potato chips are a complex carb, whereas fruit is simple when the term is used correctly.

I'm not hating on complex carbs, I just think they vary a lot in how satisfying they are for me personally, and even based on the GI chart (which like I said is kind of pointless if you eat the foods with other foods which affect the rate of digestion). For example, white bread and whole wheat bread don't differ that much on GI, so if you add some butter and meat to the white bread and eat the whole wheat on its own, the white bread meal is going to digest more slowly.

(I think if you eat lots of bread it does make sense to switch to whole grains to the extent possible, however, all else equal. On the other hand, for fiber, beans (also a complex carb) are typically a lot more superior to whole grain bread than whole grain bread is to white, so if the issue is fiber in your diet overall I think whole grains are overrated. However, lots of people enjoy them and thus should eat them, yum!)

jgnatca wrote: »

Eat complex carbs over simple ones more often. They are more satisfying and their energy is absorbed over a longer period of time. Here are some popular dinner sides in order of their relative satiety/fiber/complexity/GI index. The lower the glycemic load, the better. The higher the fiber, the better.

Pasta (Fiber 0, GI 8)
White Rice (Fiber 1g, GI 22)
Couscous (Fiber 2g, GI 18)
Spaghetti Squash (Fiber 2g, GI 2)
Brown Rice (Fiber 4g, GI 22)
Yam (Fiber 5g, GI 16)
Baked Potato (Fiber 7g, GI 29)
Yellow Corn (Fiber 7g, GI 21)
Sweet Potato (baked in skin) (Fiber 7g, GI 17)
Baked Beans (Fiber 10g, GI 19)

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

I find this list very suspect, since couscous is pasta - made from the same type of semolina flour as other pasta, so how can it have a different amount of fiber? I suppose the GI could be affected by the precooking that packaged couscous goes through, but if it makes that much difference (18 versus 8), then I would think all the other foods could have equally wild GI swings based on cooking methods and times.

Also, OP, if you've already decided you don't want pasta, your path is clear. Have the rice with your chicken, because couscous is pasta.

There's nothing wrong with pasta, white rice, or white potatoes. Still, I have brown rice when I have the extra time, both because I prefer the taste and because I dare stray from the IIFYM dogma that no food is in any way to be preferred to another for any reason other than whether it fits your macro goals. I try to get as much of my grains in whole grain form as I can (but it helps that in most, but not all, cases I prefer whole grains). I don't understand why people defend tossing out the bran and wheat germ so vociferously while vilifying anyone who considers eating egg whites without the yolks.

need2, perhaps that is why potatoes get a Glycemic load of 29.

lynn, feel free to check my source if you doubt the results. Not all pastas would be the same just as not all breads would be the same. Based on ingredients and preparation, one might end up with more fiber than the other. Egg noodles will have more protein, for instance.

The same list ordered by glycemic load, comes out like this:

Spaghetti Squash (Fiber 2g, GI 2)
Pasta (Fiber 0, GI 8)
Yam (Fiber 5g, GI 16)
Sweet Potato (baked in skin) (Fiber 7g, GI 17)
Couscous (Fiber 2g, GI 18)
Baked Beans (Fiber 10g, GI 19)
Yellow Corn (Fiber 7g, GI 21)
White Rice (Fiber 1g, GI 22)
Brown Rice (Fiber 4g, GI 22)
Baked Potato (Fiber 7g, GI 29)

Ordered like this, Spaghetti squash, though low in fiber, glows with angelic goodness.

ndj1979 wrote: »

jgnatca wrote: »

I am pretty sure fruit is moved in to the complex range as the simple sugars are wrapped in a fiber sandwich.

Why all the hate-on for complex carbs? They take longer to digest in everybody. That's not a personal thing.

I get why so many here are dead-sick of the false dichotomy of "good food" vs "bad food". But complex carbs have a lot to offer.

so if I add sugar to Metamucil does that make it good for bad???? because fiber wrapped...

LMAO!

dbmata wrote: »

What are the some kit kats that are tasty?

Green tea are in the mail.
What about the pudding ones?
What else is there?


Bananarama.

Red bean.

douggyr wrote: »

As a diabetic, I have to be concerned about 'good' and 'bad' carbs. Here is a rule of thumb: If the carb is highly processed (such as white rice) then that is a bad carb as it will turn to sugar without giving your pancreas enough time to produce the insilin to convert the sugar to energy. Try to stick with whole grains, nut products (Blue Diamond has a line of crackers made out of almonds and pecans), fruit (a large navel orange as 32 carbs). Let's be realistic: We are going to have a slice of pizza and sometimes some regular pasta. Plan for it. Another good substitue is sweet potatos instead of regular potatos. All of these break down slower thus allowing the insilin to produce and convert the sugar. Also because they have more bulk and nutrients, you are less likely to binge.