The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn’t tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food’s effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn’t a lot of it, so watermelon’s glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index—where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney’s Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4

Use ¼ to ½ teaspoon of cinnamon per day. Add it to your coffee, oatmeal, smoothie, or wherever you find it palatable.
If you already suffer from diabetes, be sure to stay on a regular schedule with your cinnamon usage so that your blood sugar levels don’t yo-yo.Use the same amount at the same time every day so that you can get a sense of how cinnamon affects your own personal blood sugar readings.
Use the powdered spice or a cinnamon stick. Cinnamon pills are also available, and can be found easily via an online search. MHCP is water soluble and is not found in cinnamon oil.

Lime and lemon juice delay the digestion of starches as does vinegar. I’ve found that 2-3 tablespoons of lime or lemon juice reduces my post prandial BG response by 10-20 points. Rick Mendosa’s site has a lot of material on acids in the diet. Take a look at http://www.mendosa.com/acidic_foods.htm .

Three Day Meal Plan

Here’s a sample of the meals you’ll find on thebestlife.com. This plan works out to approximately 1600 calories. To find a plan tailored to your calorie needs, turn to the menu plans in The Best Life Diet or join TheBestLife.com.

You can mix and match these meals—for instance have Day 1 breakfast with Day 3 lunch and Day 2 dinner.

DAY 1

BREAKFAST

Best Life Cheerios Mix with strawberries, almonds, and nonfat milk
A nice mix of textures and super-high in fiber.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Cheerios
2/3 cup Weetabix Crispy Flakes&Fiber
1/4 cup All-Bran Original

Directions:
Combine and serve.

To make in bulk, combine 4 1/2 cups Cheerios, 6 cups Weetabix Crispy Flakes&Fiber (the entire 12-ounce box), and 2 1/4 cups All-Bran. Ladel out 1 and a heaping third cup per serving.

Nutritional Values
Calories: 184
Saturated Fat: 0 g
Calcium: 119 mg
Sodium: 312 mg
Fiber: 12g
Total Carbs: 46g
Protein: 7g
Total Fat: 2g
Cholesterol: 0mg

In your cereal bowl:
Almonds, 2 tbsp
Best Life Cheerios Mix, 1 serving
Milk, nonfat, 1 cup
Strawberries, 1 cup, halves

SNACK

Calcium Creamsicle

In a blender, combine:
8th Continent Soymilk, Vanilla, 1 cup
Orange Juice, Calcium Fortified, 1/2 cup

LUNCH

Chicken sandwich and a banana

Toast:
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices

Spread with mayo. Fill with chicken, cheddar, and veggies:
Hellmann’s Light Mayonnaise, 2 tsp
Pulled from a rotisserie chicken, light meat, 1/2 cup
Cabot 75% Reduced Cheddar, 1 oz
Romaine Lettuce , 3 LeafsOnions, red, 1 thin slice
Red Ripe Tomatoes, 2 slice, medium (1/4" thick)

Serve with a:
Banana

DINNER

Lean Cusine Spa Cuisine Salmon with Basil served with sliced tomatoes and grapes

Lean Cuisine Spa Cuisine Salmon with Basil, 1 meal

Serve with sliced tomatoes drizzled with oil and vinegar:
Balsamic Vinegar, 1 tsp
Olive Oil, 2 tsp
Red Ripe To
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