GI and Transmitters

I make it a point to try and following a clean eating plan, one that also has me really watching the Glycemic Index or the GI diet as it is called. In my mind when something on the GI list is high, I do my best to stay away from it or eat small amounts of it. I like to think that I have some brain sense, so when I stumbled across and small article on this very subject I was surprised by a few things.
1. If you combine two foods, each with a different GI rating, the overall rating changes. So, if you want a bread and it is high in the GI, add some peanut butter and it will change the higher rated food. Impressed? I kind of was, since it makes sense if you really think about it. There was my lack of brain sense.
2. The GI is an imperfect tool, much like most dieting suggestions other than calories in and calories out.
3. Carrots are not the enemy. They kind of are on the GI scale, but it was stated that you would have to eat a lot of carrots for it to be a problem, they have roughly 5 carbs a piece. I am not a carrot fan at all, I did hear they were the enemy of this plan.
4. In the end, watching the carbs, minus your fiber of course, and stay away from the "white" and "processed" ones and you really don't have to worry so much about the GI diet. Moderation and planning. If it were only that easy.

A website was listed that is supposed to be helpful when calculating GI foods together. I have not looked at it myself but here's the link. www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm


Part two-

Many people think (self included) that when we crave something our body is telling us something, or we are nutritionally missing out on something. In some cases this may be true, but mostly just wishful thinking. Cravings are set off by our neurotransmitters. A few deep breaths and they will pass. I will have to test this one out. But it's always fun to be able to say "it was my transmitter, it's faulty".