 Hi guys, welcome to another episode of sugar MD the ultimate diabetes channel. I am dr. Ahmet Ergin. I'm an endocrinologist and a diabetes coach and today we are talking about corn Corn is something that a lot of people love Some people can give up on it. Some people cannot if you already gave up on it move on if you didn't Let's talk about it right now Okay, guys, so corn is delicious You can use corn in a lot of things and I'll tell you about quickly What is the glycemic index and what is the glycemic load? Now if you are watching the channel, you probably know these terms. I'm not gonna go through this every time I'll tell you directly glycemic index for corn is 52. Well anything below 55 is typically a good glycemic index, right? But think about this the glycemic load is 15 So what we have talked in the past anything less than 10 is good 10 to 20 is Kind of not so good above 20 don't even think about it So 15 is kind of up there a little bit in terms of glycemic load Again think like glycemic load versus glycemic index glycemic load looks into more about the portion size How much carbohydrate is in per cup of your food? so for corn Half a cup of corn is equal to 15 grams So when you think about a fruit for example watermelon the one cup of the watermelon is 15 grams So as a result the glycemic load of watermelon is not as much because when you eat one cup of watermelon versus one cup of corn you're having twice more Starches in your system based on the portion size, right? If you're comparing, you know the exact size of one cup of this one cup of this How much carb is in there determines your glycemic load in addition to the glycemic index incorporated in the formula Now although glycemic index is on on the low side But if you're eating enough of it you can definitely jack up your blood sugar quite significantly now What alternative can you do instead of just eating corn itself and corn is so easy to eat You can easily I mean if in a one seating if somebody gives me five cups of corn I'll be eating that I'll still be hungry That's a problem with some of the starches that it doesn't really make you feel full enough And then if that's the only starch you may just indulge into it And you may not realize how much you have had now on the other hand pop corn is not that bad Do be honest with you just because when you pop the corn it pops it occupies more space now And there's more space occupied in your cup And of course you're not gonna have a lot of carbs. So glycemic load is not really then excessive But then the same thing applies if you're having popcorn is Hard to find people just holding one cup of popcorn in their hand they generally hold the whole big bag of popcorn and Got knows how many cups in there probably 20 so that there's a problem that is a problem with diabetes in general So sometimes people will say all or nothing just because they say no I cannot really control myself if I'm eating popcorn I'm eating a whole bag so I rather not touch it if that's you don't touch the corn But if you say hey, you know, I just here and there I want to have a taste of corn You know, I just want to have a little side next to my you know healthy protein healthy fat dish It's not really gonna hurt you. So I think that is the main thing when it comes to corn now Some people love corn bread, right? So corn bread is delicious Now, of course, when you just have bread, it's gonna spike your blood sugar But think about this you can't make a corn bread Something similar to corn bread with very minimal carbs. You can basically use coconut flour and almond flour mix them with eggs and butter and that will be a great bread recipe That will look and almost taste like a corn bread and that can still Satisfy you you can spice it up with some pepper Whatever you can put in that bread and that can still be okay Since the total carb amount in that bread will be a lot lower and some people may not even notice That it's not a corn bread. So guys if you like this video, please give a thumbs up Write a comment. Let us know what you think and share this video. All right Thank you for watching and I want you to be more informed and more educated So to do that go ahead and watch this next video right here