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The Kid
Sun, Jul-27-03, 19:18
Sorry if this is just repeating myself, but I'm not sure the
last time I sent this it got through.

I was on this site and it said that u should take in more low
glycemic and less high glycemic carbs. What are these? Are
they the Simple vs. Complex carbs on labels? Also, what is
dietary fibre?

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Donovan Re
Mon, Jul-28-03, 06:14
In article <20030727170126.27762.00000590@mb-m23.aol.com>, The
Kid wrote:
> Sorry if this is just repeating myself, but I'm not sure the
> last time I sent this it got through.
>
> I was on this site and it said that u should take in more
> low glycemic and less high glycemic carbs. What are these?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=glyc-
emic+index

> Are they the Simple vs. Complex carbs on labels?

No. Simple vs complex is a molecular property, GI isn't.

> Also, what is dietary fibre?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=di-
etary+fiber

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
Gman
Mon, Jul-28-03, 17:14
xatax2k1@aol.common.net (The Kid) wrote in message
news:<20030727170126.27762.00000590@mb-m23.aol.com>...
> Sorry if this is just repeating myself, but I'm not sure the
> last time I sent this it got through.
>
> I was on this site and it said that u should take in more
> low glycemic and less high glycemic carbs. What are these?
> Are they the Simple vs. Complex carbs on labels? Also, what
> is dietary fibre?
>

GI - Glycemic Index refers to the effective load of the carb.
Dietary fibre is a carb that basically passes through you with
little to no effect. I'd refer to it as a cleaning agent :)