Low GI foods?

[hannanat]

Anyone got ideas for low GI breakfasts? And other meals too, but it just seems breakfasts are so hard to come up with low carb foods.

[christy]

oh yeah babe it totally is.

Omelette with spinach and ham.
grilled fish with sweet potato hash browns
I do pancakes with whole meal flour and add bran to them to lower the GI

[briggsy's girl]

as a general rule i have egg of some sort with multigrain toast - it's not particularly creative, but it keeps me going!

[christy]

lol oh easy you said??? why don't I tell you to whip up some bernaise sauce? hehehe

There are low GI cereals out there....

[*Ali*]

Some Low GI cereals-
Special K
Burgen Rye Muesli
Burgen Fruit Muesli
Freedom Foods hi-lite cereal
Kellogs All Bran
Kellogs Gaurdian
Traditional Porridge Oats
Vogels Ultra Bran Soy and Linseed

Baked Beans are another good low GI food
Poached/ scrambled/boiled eggs

[melbel]

All of the above and also please don't confuse LOW GI with LOW CARB..they are very different. You can still eat a good amount of carbs...it is the TYPE of carbs you need to be aware of. As BG said in the other thread, you really need to get a hold of a copy of "the new glucose revolution" by Jennie Brand Miller...all good bookshops even Big W will have it or the local library. She does a little companion book which will fit in yur handbag called the shoppers companion which list the GI values of an enormous range of supermarket foods and is specific to Australian and new zealand products...that is also a good buy.
As for low GI foods in general:

swap your normal potatoes for pontiac or waxy potatoes
swap your rice for basmati or doongara rice
white bread for mutigrain or a specific white low gi labelled bread if you cant handle grainy breads.
lower your consumption of tropical and summer fruits for more green vegies. As a general rule most tropical and stone fruits have a high natural sugar content. Pears are good.
The way you prepare a food affects it glycaemic index too.....for example a cooled potato is low GI...a hot boiled potato is medium to high GI...somehow they way it is prepared affects the molecules andhow it is absorbed...again the book I mentioned explains all this really well.
Also if you are looking at this as an ongoing thing then consider getting the "Diabetic Living" magazine...it comes out every second month and has pages and pages of low gi recipes every issue...it is a good buy for them alone! You can ignore the diabetes info that obviously doesnt apply to you...awesome recipes that the whole family can enjoy.