Glycemic Index
Index |
Bread/Grain |
Vegetables/Fruits |
Legumes |
Beverages |
Snack Food |
90-100 |
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parsnip, baked white potato, dried dates (103) |
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glucose, maltose (105) |
80-89 |
corn flakes, crisp bread |
red skinned potato |
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70-79 |
Raisin Bran, vanilla wafers, graham cracker, waffles, white & wheat bread, bagel, Cocoa Krispies, cakes |
french fries, pumpkin, watermelon |
broad beans |
Gatorade |
corn chips, Life Savers, Skittles Fruit Chews |
60-69 |
taco shells, shredded wheat, arrowroot, cookies shortbread |
beets, new potatoes, cantaloupe, pineapple, raisins |
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soft drink syrup, Fanta |
sucrose (white sugar), Mars almond bar, ice cream |
50-59 |
All Bran, stone ground whole wheat, buckwheat, brown & white rice, blueberry muffin, pita & sourdough bread |
sweet corn, sweet potato, yam, banana, kiwi, mango, papaya |
pinto beans, black-eyed peas |
orange juice |
Power Bar, potato chips, honey, popcorn |
40-49 |
noodles, sponge cake, spaghetti, oatmeal, banana bread |
grapes, carrots, orange, green peas |
baked beans |
apple juice, grapefruit juice, soy milk |
chocolate, Twix cookie, Snickers, lactose |
30-39 |
pasta, fettuccine, ravioli |
apple, apricot, pear, plum |
butter beans, chick peas, lentils, navy beans |
chocolate milk |
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20-29 |
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cherries, grapefruit |
kidney beans |
whole milk |
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10-19 |
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soy beans |
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peanuts |
Brand-Miller J, et al.
Glucose Revolution,
N.Y.: Marlowe & Co.; 1999:
how fast the carbohydrate food gets into the blood compared to glucose (=100).
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