Because it's not low carb. You can have as many carbs as you want on a low-glycemic index diet, so long as the glycemic index is low. This includes whole-grain breads, beans, and lots of other goodies. The premise is you don't restrict your fats or your carbs, but rather you choose good fats and good carbs.
If you will thoroughly research the matter you will find that these diets are "low-carb". They are high fiber (which they include in the carb count) and fiber is not digestable. The carbs they allow also are slower to digest which blunts the insulin response. It is the exact mechanism that the demonized low-carb people promote for the maintenence portion of their "unhealthy" diets.
This represents a crack in the calorie is a calorie BS
Er, no. Bread has just about the same glycemic index whether it's wholegrain or not. Wholegrain bread has more vitamins, to be sure, but it still tweaks the insulin response and causes weight gain in susceptible people.
"Because it's not low carb. You can have as many carbs as you want on a low-glycemic index diet, so long as the glycemic index is low. This includes whole-grain breads, beans, and lots of other goodies."
No low carb cookie for you! Did ya read the article?
It says -
> Carbohydrates with a low-glycemic index include foods such as nonstarchy vegetables, fruit, legumes, nuts and diary products, according to the report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. <
NON STARCHY. Whole grain bread are not included in this study. They have a lower glycemic index than table sugar, but not low enough. If the dieters had restricted the use of legumes and limited fruit consumption, they would have done even better.
If I had all the whole grain bread and beans I wanted, I'd gain 20 pounds a week. I lost 20 on the Zone, which limits protein to 3 oz per meal for me and allows huge amounts of low glycemic veggies and berries. Other fruit in moderation. But no bread, rolls, cake whether whole grain or not. The equivalency tables are quite remarkable.as I recall, you can have 1/4 English muffin or four cups of zucchini for the same number of carbs.