Glycemic Index List That Help You To Control Blood Sugar Level
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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 glycemic 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 55Intermediate Gl Foods
Foods: 55 to 70High 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 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
Bread stuffing mix 74 Lettuce, all varieties
Orange juice from frozen concentrate
57 * Cheerios Low-fat yogurt, artificially sweetened
Pita bread
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
Total cereal Tomatoes
Hamburger bun
61 Vanilla wafers 77 77 Cherries
22 Ice cream
Grape-Nuts Flakes 80 Peas, dried
Beets
64 Jelly beans Plum
24
Canned apricots, light syrup
Pretzels 81 Grapefruit
25 Canned black bean soup
Rice cakes 82 Pearled barley
Macaroni and cheese
Rice Krispies Peach
28
Raisins
Corn Chex 83 Canned peaches, natural juice
30
Couscous
65 Mashed potatoes, instant Soy milk
30
Quick-cooking oatmeal
Cornflakes 84 Dried apricots
31
Rye crisp bread
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
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
American rye bread
68 Whole wheat spaghetti
37 Taco shells
Tomato soup
38 Whole wheat bread
69 Carrots, cooked
39 White bread
70 Mars Snickers Bar
40 Apple juice
41 Spaghetti
All-Bran
Canned chickpeas
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
Canned kidney beans
52 Kiwifruit
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 basically serves as reasonable guide.
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