Re: Corn Flour Vs Wheat Flour

"markd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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There is no simple answer. In general both provide energy equally but
differ somewhat if it is the great bulk of what one eats. Corn has some
things not in it which make it not as fully nutricious as wheat if eaten
alone or with little else. If not treated, corn can not provide vitamin b
types which can lead to disorders, often has less protein then wheat and
some other things. But if one has a varied diet along with the corn then
it is no problem.. A wheat alone or little else diet can have it's set of
problems also but not to the same degree as corn and the solution is the
same, eat various other things along with it. The breads become the major
energy source and the other things add what the grains lack.

Can you educate me a little on the GI & GL factors of both
corn and wheat .

Kam

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Kamalakar Pasupuleti said:

"markd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

There is no simple answer. In general both provide energy equally but
differ somewhat if it is the great bulk of what one eats. Corn has some
things not in it which make it not as fully nutricious as wheat if eaten
alone or with little else. If not treated, corn can not provide vitamin

b

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types which can lead to disorders, often has less protein then wheat and
some other things. But if one has a varied diet along with the corn

then

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it is no problem.. A wheat alone or little else diet can have it's set

of

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problems also but not to the same degree as corn and the solution is the
same, eat various other things along with it. The breads become the

major

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energy source and the other things add what the grains lack.

Can you educate me a little on the GI & GL factors of both
corn and wheat .

Kam

There are some tables on the WWW that give the "glycemic index" and
"glycemic load" of many foods, including many made from corn and wheat. Do
you know how to search using Google and other search services?

I too wonder about corn, as I seem to crave cornmeal products much more than
wheat. I did not know it was used in India; I thought it came from the
Americas. Maybe there is some confusion about the word. The word 'corn' in
British English used to mean 'any kind of grain' not just the American
'ear/cob' grain.

One point I'd like more perspective on, it may be just a wild theory.
Someone promoting the 'cave man' diet said that grains that require cooking
and grinding and rising (such as wheat) came late into human diets, and many
people still cannot tolerate them well. I wonder how corn fits into that.
Fresh corn can be eaten raw; popcorn requires fire but not grinding. So it
might have been used before wheat, but on the other hand it was not known
till after the discovery of America, so races other than American Indian
might not have adapted so well to it.

Skinny

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There are some tables on the WWW that give the "glycemic index" and
"glycemic load" of many foods, including many made from corn and wheat. Do
you know how to search using Google and other search services?

I too wonder about corn, as I seem to crave cornmeal products much more than
wheat. I did not know it was used in India; I thought it came from the
Americas. Maybe there is some confusion about the word. The word 'corn' in
British English used to mean 'any kind of grain' not just the American
'ear/cob' grain.

One point I'd like more perspective on, it may be just a wild theory.
Someone promoting the 'cave man' diet said that grains that require cooking
and grinding and rising (such as wheat) came late into human diets, and many
people still cannot tolerate them well. I wonder how corn fits into that.
Fresh corn can be eaten raw; popcorn requires fire but not grinding. So it
might have been used before wheat, but on the other hand it was not known
till after the discovery of America, so races other than American Indian
might not have adapted so well to it.

Skinny

I am unable to understand fully about the GL factor .
BTW , what is the difference between corn meal and corn flour ?
Is it only the fineness of grinding / any other ingrediants
contained in it .

In Rhode Island I used to get both yellow and white corn flour
in 2 lb plastic bags at $1.29 . The product is scarce in Richmond VA .
However a spanish guy shown me a packet of instant masa mix which
are meant for making tortias .
The ingrediants are especially ground dehydrated corn and lime .
I donot understand the lime component here and its purpose .

I am sure you will throw some light on this product .

Kam

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" Can you educate me a little on the GI & GL factors of both
corn and wheat ."

Here is a list of foods with gi and gl scores:

http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

Corn meal has a gi of around 69 and a gl of 9, whole wheat flour has a gi
of 71 and gl of 9, which are in practice the same.