The scale was created to see how high your blood glucose rises after ingesting 50 grams of
carbs of a specific food.
Not exact matches
As far as
specific food / macro recommendations go, the only real consensus that I've seen is that one should try to eat as many carbohydrates as possible within the allotted calories, even if it means eating lower protein (Peele recommends as low as.55 g / lb bodyweight
of protein to fit as many
carbs in as possible).
In terms
of specific weight loss, some research suggests that people lose approximately the same amount
of weight on a low -
carb diet as on a low - calorie diet, even though they are not told to limit the amount
of food they eat (just the amount
of carbohydrate).
As people ask me
specific questions about
specific foods, I research them to see where they are in certain parameters, such as total
carbs, glycemic load, glycemic index, starchiness, etc. (We don't have a comprehensive list
of YES
foods and NO
foods — it would be almost impossible to create).
Coach, when you are talking about grams
of carbs or proteins we should get, you are referring to the
specific nutrient, not at the whole
food, correct?
Nutrient - dense whole
foods don't come in prepackaged satchels
of protein,
carbs, fat, fibre and calories that you can mix together to meet
specific macronutrient and calorie targets.
Not only did it give me the net
carbs on
specific vegetables and other
foods, it gave me a lot
of ideas on things I could eat — various types
of meat & vegetables I hadn't considered, etc..
Usually this involves a combination
of the low FODMAP Diet and the
Specific Carb Diet, and also means eliminating fermented, probiotic
foods, and inulin - rich prebiotic
foods that have long been touted as a healthy gut's best friend.
Pictures
of each
food item are available, as well as nutrition information,
carb counts, and icons which can alert you to
specific ingredients (like eggs, wheat, soy, etc.).