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Glycaemic
Index
This measures how quickly different foods raise your
blood glucose level. The lower the reading for a particular food the
better.
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Beer
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110
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Potato
baked
|
95
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Potato
chips
|
95
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Puffed
rice
|
95
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Mashed
potato
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90
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Rice
pre cooked
|
90
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Honey
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90
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Carrots
cooked
|
85
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Corn
flakes
|
85
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Popcorn
|
85
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Flour
white bread
|
85
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Rice cakes
|
85
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Potato
crisps
|
80
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Beans
cooked
|
80
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Tapioca
|
80
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Crackers
|
80
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Pumpkin
|
75
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Flour-baguettes
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75
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Watermelon
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75
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Flour-country
style bread
|
70
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Cereals,
sugared
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70
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Chocolate
bars
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70
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Potato
, peeled and boiled
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70
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Sugar
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70
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Turnip
|
70
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Cornflour
|
70
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Maize
|
70
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Pre
cooked non stick rice
|
70
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Cola drinks
|
70
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Noodles
|
70
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Brown
flour, brown bread
|
65
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Potatoes,
boiled in skin
|
65
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Semolina
|
65
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Jam
|
65
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Melon
|
65
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Banana
|
65
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Industrial
orange juice
|
65
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Raisins
|
65
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White
rice
|
60
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Shortbread
biscuits
|
55
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Petit
buerre biscuits
|
55
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White
pasta
|
55
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Unrefined
flour
|
50
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Buckwheat
|
50
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Pancakes
|
50
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Sweet
potato
|
50
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Kiwis
|
50
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Basmati
rice
|
50
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Brown
rice
|
50
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Sorbet
|
50
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Flour-
pasta
|
45
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Bran
bread
|
45
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Boulgour
|
45
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Spaghetti
|
45
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Black
bread
|
40
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Peas
|
40
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Grapes
|
40
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Fresh
orange juice
|
40
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Fresh
apple juice
|
40
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Rye
bread
|
40
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Unrefined
flour, pasta
|
40
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Kidney
beans
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40
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Unrefined
flour, bread
|
40
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Ice
cream
|
40
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Chinese
vermicelli
|
35
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Corn
on the cob
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35
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Quinoa,
cooked
|
35
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Peas-dried,
cooked
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35
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Raw
carrots
|
35
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Full
milk yoghurt
|
35
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Skimmed
milk yoghurt
|
35
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Orange
|
35
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Pear
|
35
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Fig
|
35
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Apricots
|
35
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Semi
skimmed milk
|
35
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All
bran
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30
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Peach
|
30
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Apple
|
30
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Beans,
haricot
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30
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Beans,
French
|
30
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Brown
lentils
|
30
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Cooked
chic peas
|
30
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Fruit
preserve without sugar
|
30
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Dark
chocolate
|
30
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Green
lentils
|
30
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Split
peas
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22
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Cherries
|
22
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Plums
|
22
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Grapefruit
|
22
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Fructose
|
22
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Cooked
soya
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20
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Peanuts
|
20
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Apricots,
fresh
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20
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Walnuts
|
20
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Onions
|
20
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Garlic
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15
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Green
veg, lettuce, mushrooms
|
10
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Tomatoes,
aubergines, red peppers
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10
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Cabbage,
brocolli
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10
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