Confused

[Jenn76]

I have been eating wheat and rye sourdough bread, while sourdough is low on glycemic index wholemeal flour (wheat) and rye flour are high on the chart just wondering is it ok

 

[Martin.A]

I have been eating wheat and rye sourdough bread, while sourdough is low on glycemic index wholemeal flour (wheat) and rye flour are high on the chart just wondering is it ok

I wouldn't get too hung up on GI. Something with a high GI could still have a low GL (Glycaemic Load) depending on how big a portion you have, and vice versa. Carb content is usually the prime focus. Since my diagnosis I can honestly say that I have never taken any account of GI. However, that's just me and others may have a different view.

 

[Inka]

The question is is it ok for you @Jenn76 If it works for your blood sugar, then that’s your answer. I used to eat rye bread a lot and found it quite gentle on my blood sugar. Just watch your portion size as it’s quite dense. Sourdough was also gentler on my blood sugar.

 

[Drummer]

@Jenn76 It would not be OK for me -. I used a blood glucose tester and checked after meals to see what I could cope with - the answer for me was very little. I need to avoid all grains unless in very small amounts.
The only way to be certain about what you can and can't cope with is to test.

 

[Lucyr]

I have been eating wheat and rye sourdough bread, while sourdough is low on glycemic index wholemeal flour (wheat) and rye flour are high on the chart just wondering is it ok

No one else can tell you whether a good is okay for you. Only you and your bg meter can decide that. Even then it will depend on portion size, activity levels, varying based on the individual day.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Jenn76

Blood glucose reaction to foods can be a confusing old game!

While those lists of standard reactions can be helpful as a guide, sometimes unfortunately our metabolisms have other ideas, and just ignore the lists entirely!

There was a thread here recently which pointed to this article about recent research that backs up what we have seen on the forum for many years - diabetes can be fiercely fickle and individualistic when it comes to how it reacts to different foods. The only way you can really know for sure if a source of carbohydrate will absorb relatively slowly for you is to get a BG meter and check it for yourself.

Blood sugar response to various carbohydrates may point to metabolic health subtypes

A study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine shows that differences in blood sugar responses to certain carbohydrates depend on details of an individual's metabolic health status.

medicalxpress.com

This isn’t all bad news, of course… because it may be that with a little experimentation, you find that your metabolism has a particularly gentle and steady reaction to foods which others may find problematic.

If you’d like to give this approach a go, the Contour Blue and Spirit Tee 2 meters are often recommended here, as they give reliable results with very affordable test strips. Some meters have strips that cost 3x as much!