Your Low GI Guide to Rice, Bread & Pasta

THE WEEKENDER ISSUE NO. 2 — Simple swaps and recipes to keep rice, bread & pasta in your low GI life

One of the basics I learned in Nutrition School was that we should focus on “crowding out” and not restriction. This essentially means that the more healthy foods you add to your diet, naturally less helpful foods will be removed. You can only eat so much, right?

So in this post I’m going to go through three common staples and how you can ADD to them or swap them to make them kinder to your blood sugar levels.

Before we go any further, I understand that it’s common to believe that eating carbs is a no no for the low glycemic diet. That carbs are what cause diseases like type 2 diabetes. But research continues to show year after year that it’s not necessarily about carbs, it’s about isolated carbs and unhealthy fat.

When doctors give their “diet” recommendations, it’s usually just: cut out white carbs (rice, pasta, breads) and exercise more. I’ve seen hundreds of doctors’ notes in my career and they always say the same thing. I want to share that doctors are not highly trained in nutri…