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[Alex_09]

don't carrots have a pretty high GI? Isn't that bad for some peeps?

gimme a break! its a fckin vegetable! lol

[databased]

Cooked carrots gross me out even more.

I just reduce the raw carrots to carrot dust (well, slightly bigger particles than that) in the Cuisinart and then I can throw them into a wide variety of things (chicken cacciatore, risotto, etc.) and not even taste them.

don't carrots have a pretty high GI? Isn't that bad for some peeps?

Sure do if you juice'em. That's how people who claim to be eating "no sugar" get their sugar fix: juicing veggies to remove the fiber and eating high-fructose fruits. Kinda like giving up cigarettes by covering your body in nicotine patches.

[Naturalis]

Please remember that too much Beta-Carotene can cause the skin to develop a slight orange hue.

This happened to me when I was eating lots of carrots. Also didn't help my acne really.

[Sahartar]

don't carrots have a pretty high GI? Isn't that bad for some peeps?

they do, but you gotta look at GL too - GI is measured using a fixed amount of carbs. It would be really hard to eat the amount of carbs needed to see a measurable blood sugar fluctuation.

moral of the story: carrots are good for you.

Edited by Sahartar, 05 June 2010 - 01:22 AM.

[PatrickParker]

This is nonsense.

Scarlett Skies, on 02 June 2010 - 08:34 AM, said:

QUOTE (butterflys & illusions @ Jun 2 2010, 03:15 AM)



I'm weary of baby carrots. Since the skin is removed they are dipped in a chlorine solution to stop them from turning white and to keep them looking fresh and new. It's supposedly not good for you so I just buy regular carrots and peel them myself.

[dejaclairevoyant]

It's true ^^ http://digitaljourna.../article/260034

But they claim it's "safe".... means little to me, as they also claim fluoride is safe (what a joke).

Use your own discretion. I buy the bigger, organic carrots.

[Ukulala]

Baby carrots are silly anyway; they're like designer carrots or something. It all tastes the same, one's just cuter.

But boy do people love 'em.

Good info, by the way ... and awesome, as I love carrots.