Glycemic Index List

Glycemic Index List That Help You To Control Blood Sugar Level

Glycemic index list provided here rate food numerically, with glucose at 100. The higher the number assigned to a food, the faster it converts to glucose. High glycemix index foods tend to cause a rapid surge of insulin followed by a plunge of blood sugar that can lead to low energy. By contrast low GI food produce a slow, steady release of insulin and yield more sustainable energy thus can be used to control your weight. So use the glycemic index list provided here to eat wisely and lose weight.

Low GI Foods: Less Than 55			Intermediate Gl Foods Foods: 55 to 70			High -Gl Food: More Than 70
*Food printed in red in glycemic index list are high in empty calories and should be eaten sparingly.			*Food printed in red in glycemic index list are high in empty calories and should be eaten sparingly.			* Don't avoid or even limit high GI foods printed in green on the glycemic index list; these are low-calorie and very nutritious foods.
	Artichoke	<15		Brown Rice	55		Golden Grahams 71
	Asparagus			Canned fruit cocktail			Bagel	72
	Broccoli			Linguine			Corn chips	73
	Cauliflower			Oatmeal cookies			* Watermelon
	Celery			Popcorn			Honey
	Cucumber			Sweet corn			Kaiser roll
	Eggplant			Muesli	56		Mashed potatoes
	Green beans			White rice	56		Bread stuffing mix	74
	Lettuce, all varieties			Orange juice from frozen concentrate	57		* Cheerios
	Low-fat yogurt, artificially sweetened			Pita bread	57		Cream of Wheat, instant
	Peanuts			Canned peaches, heavy syrup	58		Graham crackers
	Peppers, all varieties			Mini shredded wheats			Puffed wheat
	Snow peas			Bran Chex			Doughnuts 75
	Spinach			Blueberry muffin 59			French fries	76
	Young summer squash			Bran muffin	60		Frozen waffles
	Zucchini			Cheese pizza	60		Total cereal
	Tomatoes			Hamburger bun	61		Vanilla wafers 77
	Cherries	22		Ice cream	61		Grape-Nuts Flakes	80
	Peas, dried	22		Beets	64		Jelly beans	80
	Plum 24			Canned apricots, light syrup			Pretzels 81
	Grapefruit	25		Canned black bean soup			Rice cakes	82
	Pearled barley	25		Macaroni and cheese			Rice Krispies	82
	Peach 28			Raisins			Corn Chex	83
	Canned peaches, natural juice 30			Couscous	65		Mashed potatoes, instant	83
	Dried apricots 31			Quick-cooking oatmeal			Cornflakes 84
	Soy milk 30			Rye crispbread			Baked potato 85
	Baby lima beans, frozen	32		Table sugar (sucrose)			Rice Chex 89
	Fat-free milk			Instant oatmeal 66			Rice, instant 91
	Fettuccine			Pineapple 66			French bread 95
	M&M's Chocolate Candies, Peanut			Angel food cake	67		Parsnips 97
	Low-fat yogurt, sugar sweetened 33			Grape-Nuts			Dates 103
	Apple	32		Stoned Wheat Thins			Tofu frozen dessert 115
	Pear	32		American rye bread	68
	Whole wheat spaghetti 37			Taco shells	68
	Tomato soup 38			Whole wheat bread 69
	Carrots, cooked 39			White bread 70
	Mars Snickers Bar 40
	Apple juice	41
	Spaghetti	41
	All-Bran	41
	Canned chickpeas	41
	Custard	43
	Grapes
	Orange
	Macaroni 45
	Pineapple juice 46
	Banana bread	47
	Long-grain rice
	Parboiled rice
	Bulgur	48
	Grapefruit juice
	Green peas
	Oat bran bread
	Chocolate bar, 1.5 oz 49
	Old-fashioned oatmeal 49
	Cheese tortellini	50
	* Low-fat ice cream	50
	Canned kidney beans	52
	Kiwifruit	52
	Banana 53
	Potato chips	54
	Pound cake
	Sweet potato

Although the glycemic index list provided here may vary according to how and where the measuring is done, it serve as reasonable guide.

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