The only thing I have to say — aside from how delicious these look — is to be aware that GF flours, and the majority of GF products, use flours / starches that are actually higher in glycemic
index than the wheat flour / wheat derivatives... If you are diabetic, you really have to be even more acutely aware of what the GI of these alternative flours / starches are....
For example, a chocolate cake can have a lower glycemic
index than a wheat bread, but that doesn't make it healthier.
One positive aspect of this ingredient is that it is lower on the glycemic
index than wheat and corn, so it may help to support stable blood sugar levels for your dog.
Not exact matches
All three study grains had a higher Satiating Efficiency
Index (SEI)
than wheat or rice; white bread was in fact lowest in appetite satisfaction.
Combining
wheat bran with resistant starch has more beneficial effects on fecal
indexes than does
wheat bran alone.
GF recipes CAN have a higher glycemic
index (GI) depending on the flours used — Rice, potato and maize are quite starchy and have calorie / sugar content
than regular flours like whole
wheat and oat flour.
Whole
wheat flour has a bigger blood sugar spike (Higher glycemic
index)
than regular flour!
That is why
wheat bread has a higher glycemic
index than table sugar.
Oats are also high in protein for a whole grain, and they have a lower glycemic
index than other grains such as
wheat and rice.
Kurt Nolte of the Yuma County Cooperative Extension says that barley contains all eight amino acids, making it a better blood sugar regulator
than wheat, even though they have similar glycemic
indexes.