Sometimes I think I might lose weight better if I did count, but as long as I'm satisfied, I don't worry about it. Brenda Super has supplied us with a picture of a model of 5 pounds of body fat. The7Up can provides some perspective. These drinks are out of the question. These alcoholic beverages are acceptable in moderation.
Mixed drinks are acceptable in moderation if they are mixed with soda, sugar-free mixers, or water.
Researchers who were testing subjects' blood sugar responses fed those subjects 50 grams of glucose in order to get a baseline response. The number 100 is used because our system of percentages is based on 100. Therefore, maltodextrin was assigned a glycemic index of 105 on this scale. Other researchers performed similar experiments, but instead of feeding their test subjects 50 grams of glucose, they fed them 50 grams of plain white bread. They measured the blood sugar responses to the white bread, and they assigned the average response a number of 100.