I have been adding apples to my diet as they are about the only fresh fruit that is in season at the moment and I can afford easily.

I have looked at GI tables, but find them confusing as they use phrases like Italian apples and such instead of red delicious, golden dilicious, granny smith, pink lady, and so on. Fitday only rates them on small, medium, and large basicaly treating all apples as the same.

I have been eating golden and red delicious as that is what my son has around. What would be the best choice GI though for apples as I know there is a huge difference in GI amounts between different kinds?

Are red and golden ok, or should I look more at the tart varieties such as granny smith?

According to Rick Mendosa's extensive GI lists .. http://diabetes.about.com/library/m...gi/ngilists.htm .. apples are relatively low GI, although it's true that sweeter apples rate a bit higher than tart varieties. The difference really isn't huge

I would keep an eye on the portion size .. maybe weigh the apple so you have a clearer idea of how many grams of carbs there really are, rather than just an eyeball gauge of "large" or "small". A large apple will have more carbs so it really doesn't matter if it rates a few points lower on the GI scale .. all it means is that the carbs will be absorbed a bit more slowly.


hth,

Doreen