Guest guest Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I haven't been following the thread too closely, but brown rice is 77% carbs (SR16-1) with no 'oses; wheat is 71%., potatoes 27% (by weight) . What do we call those carbs if not starch? Are there diff starches, perhaps? BTW, spinach is 3.9% carbs but 95 % water. water gms carb gms w/owater % carbs rice 10.37 77.24 89.63 86% wheat 13.1 71.18 86.9 82% potato 74.45 21.44 25.55 84% spinach 92.2 3.9 7.8 50% So is the discussion whether spinach carbs are better than grains? Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dowling Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 12:15 PM Subject: RE: [ ] Re: Carbohydrates From the article you've linked: "The researchers found that women who were significantly overweight and physically inactive (and whose levels of glucose and insulin were therefore already above normal) were more than two-and-a-half times more likely to develop pancreatic cancer if they had a high glycemic load than if they had a low glycemic load. Interestingly, a high glycemic load did not increase pancreatic cancer risk among women who were lean and physically fit. " In my perusal of Medline, I found many references to an inverse association of whole grain consumption and mortality. No doubt, if one is eating a lot of "starch," one is probably eating less whole, unrefined grains as well as less fruits and vegetables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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