Mermaid said:
I am new here. I have recently been reading about going on a low-glycemic
diet but I find so many differences in the food lists I have found. I am
confused. Which list is right in choosing which fruits and vegetables are
safe to eat?
"The man with one watch knows what time it is. The man with
several is never sure." That old saying is becoming obsolete as
more and more clocks use radio sync and stay within a few
seconds of each other but the old intent still works: Pick one
list and stick with it. Say goodbye to confusion.
Quoted message said:For instance one list says Cantaloupe are ok and another says
its not. Same for yellow crookneck squash. I am still confused.
The measurement methods are not accurate enough for the lists
to have much meaning at that level of detail. One certain way
to make yourself confused without cause is to expect some
measurement system to have moe accuracy than it actually
does and then to try to get real information out of what is really
noise.
The best example of that principle is trying to get anything but
trends out of daily weighings during your losing phases, but
this is a good exmaple of that as well.
Quoted message said:Surely the
science part of finding out how many carbs is in a food substance is more
consistent than that.
No it is not.
Quoted message said:Can someone shed some light on this?
It''s called noise. Signal variation without any difference in the
actual signal. Different numerical results in an experiment without
any changes in any variable. Anything from small mistakes
through measurements that aren't accurate on the scale they
are used for.
Glycemic index is simply not accurate enough for what you're
trying to do. You're confused because you're trying to draw
more meaning out of it than it actually has.
