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To: jrhana who wrote (526)8/4/2008 4:21:58 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) of 39326
 
jrhana,

Nuts, Olive Oil, and Fish Oil
Nuts, when consumed with a meal, will significantly reduce the post-prandial glucose excursion by slowing digestion. Recent studies show that almonds, pistachios, or peanuts, when eaten along with high glycemic index carbohydrates such as white bread or mashed potatoes, will reduce the post-prandial glucose area under the curve by approximately 30% to 50%[28] (Fig. 4). Importantly, nuts also decrease meal-induced oxidative protein damage because they lower post-prandial oxidative stress and additionally provide antioxidants.[29]

Almonds Reduce Post-Prandial Glucose. The post-prandial increase in the area under the curve for glucose was reduced by 58% when 90 g of almonds were added to a high glycemic index meal (p = 0.009). Data from Josse et al.[28]

Good points. It illustrates that what really matters is glycemic index of the entire meal, not just the individual components. I posted on this here:
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This is the reason that, for example, a normal ice cream (with cream) has lower glycemic index than low fat ice creams. What's slowing down the glycemic index in your article is fat in almonds. So fat is good. In case of your example and picture (almonds), it is largely monounsaturated, in case of normal fat ice cream, it is cream (saturated fat). The same effect.

Joe
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