Blood pressure and Glycemic Index?

[georgex5]

PP is based on daily targets for protein and carbos. How does the Glycemic index fit into this picture? (Glycemic index in not listed in the PP index.) How long does it take for the body (Insulin and/or blood pressure) to respond to a high carb meal vs a low carb meal? Low glycemic foods are not converted into sugar as quickly as high glycemic foods. So with low glycemic foods you could exceed the carb taget if the body does not convert it to sugar too quickly.

[Gaelen]

PP is based on daily targets for protein and carbos. How does the Glycemic index fit into this picture? (Glycemic index in not listed in the PP index.)

Georgex5, the short answer is that the Glycemic Index doesn't fit into the Drs. Eadeses' plans, or target intakes for protein and carbohydrates. Their position has always been that a carb is a carb is a carb, and that the glycemic index and 'slower rates of absorption' and 'good carbs' vs. 'bad carbs' is irrelevant to the body, which breaks carbs down into sugars eventually.

Yes, honey breaks down faster than, say, steel cut oats...but they both still break down. And in their plan, there's no room for that breakdown, especially if you are insulin resistant. You need to cut carb intake--all carb intake. You can get carbs from vegetables and fruits and the carbs in many types of proteins, and that will probably put you at 40g ECC/day. No room for the Glycemic Index there.

Low glycemic foods are not converted into sugar as quickly as high glycemic foods. So with low glycemic foods you could exceed the carb taget if the body does not convert it to sugar too quickly.

Or you could not eat them. ;) Seriously, the idea that some carbs are 'low glycemic' or 'good carbs' isn't really built into the context of Protein Power. In PP, if it walks like a carb and it eats like a carb, and most importantly--if it breaks down in your body like a carb, whether fast or slowly, it's a carb.