Pat Henry Potentialist

Healthy Eating:

GLYCAEMIC INDEX

This measures how quickly different foods raise your blood glucose level. The lower the reading for a particular food the better.

Beer	110
Potato baked	95
Potato chips	95
Puffed rice	95
Mashed potato	90
Rice pre cooked	90
Honey	90
Carrots cooked	85
Corn flakes	85
Popcorn	85
Flour - white bread	85
Rice cakes	85
Potato crisps	80
Beans cooked	80
Tapioca	80
Crackers	80
Pumpkin	75
Flour - baguettes	75
Watermelon	75
Flour - country style bread	70
Cereals, sugared	70
Chocolate bars	70
Potato, peeled and boiled	70
Sugar	70
Turnip	70
Cornflour	70
Maize	70
Pre cooked non stick rice	70
Cola drinks	70
Noodles	70
Brown flour - brown bread	65
Potatoes, boiled in skin	65
Semolina	65
Jam	65
Melon	65
Banana	65
Industrial orange juice	65
Raisins	65
White rice	60
Shortbread biscuits	55
Butter biscuits	55
White pasta	55
Unrefined flour	50
Buckwheat	50
Pancakes	50
Sweet potato	50
Kiwis	50
Basmati rice	50
Brown rice	50
Sorbet	50
Flour - pasta	45
Bran bread	45
Bulgur	45
Spaghetti	45
Black bread	40
Peas	40
Grapes	40
Fresh orange juice	40
Fresh apple juice	40
Rye bread	40
Unrefined flour - pasta	40
Kidney beans	40
Unrefined flour - bread	40
Ice cream	40
Chinese vermicelli	35
Corn on the cob	35
Quinoa, cooked	35
Peas-dried, cooked	35
Raw carrots	35
Full milk yoghurt	35
Skimmed milk yoghurt	35
Orange	35
Pear	35
Fig	35
Apricots	35
Semi skimmed milk	35
All bran	30
Peach	30
Apple	30
Beans, haricot	30
Beans, french	30
Brown lentils	30
Cooked chic peas	30
Fruit preserve without sugar	30
Dark (70%+) chocolate	30
Green lentils	30
Split peas	22
Cherries	22
Plums	22
Grapefruit	22
Fructose	22
Cooked soya	20
Peanuts	20
Apricots, fresh	20
Walnuts	20
Onions	20
Garlic	15
Green veg, Lettuce, Mushrooms	10
Tomatoes, Aubergines, Red peppers	10
Cabbage, Brocolli	10