"jay" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> I like them but can't eat lentils because for some reason they spike my
>> blood sugar very badly.
>
> GI for lentils is low.. canned ones are higher but not HIGH. Slowly
> digested starch. It is everything else you eat with lentils that is the
> problem like bread and a nice sugary dessert for example. You are
> confused about what your food issues are. Like Susan said: "your body
> .. your science experiment." It really doesn't sound like from ALL you
> say about the food you eat and mostly don't .. that things are working
> that well for you or for the others that you are feeding. Maybe you
> should consider reversing your "eats" with your "no eats" and see what
> happens.

I would never eat bread with lentils and I rarely ever eat dessert. I
couldn't possibly reverse my eats with my don't eats. Between the
gastroparesis and food intolerances, there are some things I simply can
never eat. Or I'll get sick.

Last time I ate lentils, it was a cup of lentil soup in a restaurant. I
wasn't hungry so I ordered that for dinner. Wasn't particularly good. I
ate three bites. That was enough to spike me! Prior to that I've mostly
made lentil soup from scratch at home. I think I tried canned a couple of
times. At the same portion size as I would for bean soup. Beans never
spike me. Lentils always do. GI means nothing to me. Some of the foods
that should be the worst are actually the best for me.