Comments on: Foto Friday: moment of Zen edition

By: debbie

debbie — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:40:11 +0000

My mom started talking about “low GI” stuff while in England, without much explanation. It took me a long time to figure out that GI did not mean gastro-intestinal. heehee

By: Chiara

Chiara — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:08:25 +0000

We are all about the GI index here in the Southern Hemisphere as well–a lot of stuff (like, inexplicably, the gigantic tin of Nestle’s hot chocolate at my office) is labeled “low GI.”

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:44:09 +0000

I might have read it that way if they hadn’t specifically mentioned “as they do in Italy” — because of course, Italians are the One True Pasta-Cooking Nationality (even if Marco Polo got them the whole noodle idea from China). The glycemic index stuff is weirdly fascinating and suggests to me that the package material writers were aiming at a more European readership — or at least, I’ve seen a lot more discussion of GI-related nutritionism on the easterly side of the pond. (And please don’t ask me if I should be packing for my trip, eh? I was avoiding responsibility so well…)

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:31:13 +0000

I read it as “Don’t overcook your pasta not because it will taste bad, but because it’s bad for your diet. And we don’t want you eating high on the glycemic index, do we now?” A slightly less TracyFood-friendly option.