Re: carrots/sweet potatoes (was )Thinning hair and also carrots

[Guest guest]

It's odd that Walford on pg 237 of BT120YD states that the GI of carrots is

high and sweet potatoes low. He references his table on the next page but I

couldn't find carrots listed there. I found Yams but not sweet potatoes.

OTOH, as has been discussed here before, sweet potatoes may have other

benefits. They are a staple of the Okinawan diet and were eaten liberally

in the Biosphere. See the file " Dr. Walford's Posts " in which he states

that sweet pototoes may be the factor that kept the Biospherians from

suffering from such illnesses as Osteoporosis (from which a good number of

extreme CRONIES have suffered).

on 2/25/2004 1:59 PM, Warren at warren.taylor@... wrote:

> Yes, carrots are healthy food.

>

> Glycemic Carbs per Glycemic

> Index serving Load

> ---------- -------- --------

> Carrots raw: 47 6 3

>

> Sweet Potatoes: 61 28 17