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Author Re: Grains A Good Thing: Legumes, pasta, barley, bulgur, parboiled rice and whole grai
mattlb@angelfire.com

2006-03-22, 10:46 am

montygram wrote:

> If there is any merit to the "high GI" claims, it
> is in the context of a diet that is way too high in overall calories
> and/or way too high in unsaturated fatty acids (particularly in the
> "type II diabetes" context, since AA glycates proteins at incredible
> rates).


Can you please explain how a fat can glycate something (glycation being
the attachment of a sugar).

MattLB

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