Guest guest Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 In reviewing the material Rick Mendosa has kindly published, I find the following foods with a low glycemic load, that would be good choices: tomato juice Nutrimeal (meal replacement drink) Quik (drink powder), all flavors barley bread (75% kernels) barley bread (wholemeal) rye bread (coarse rye kernel) pumpernickel bread (whole-grain) All-Bran cereal All-Bran Soy 'n Fiber cereal, hot, unflavored Oat Bran, raw ice cream, low-fat ice cream, reduced-fat ice cream, premium milk, full-fat milk, skim mousses, reduced-fat, Nestle (all flavors) Yoghurts, most flavors apples apricots, raw cherries grapefruit, raw kiwi fruit oranges pawpaws peaches, raw peaches, canned, in natural juice pears pears, canned, in reduced-sugar syrup plums cantaloupe/rockmelon strawberries watermelon butter beans chickpeas/garbanzos kidney beans lentils mung beans soybeans Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread nuts Organic Agave Cactus Nector, light fructose lactose lactitol maltitol peas beets carrots taro Gram dhal hummus (chickpea salad) Note that this list is far from complete. The study's director lives in Australia. Not many USA brands are included. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 According to the Glycemic Load per serving figures, here are the worst food choices for us (the list is far from complete): 30-39: Flan cake corn muffin, low-amylose pancakes prepared from mix rice, white rice, white, low amylose (can go as high as 60!) rice, Calrose, brown rice, instant rice, puffed, Uncle Ben's Snabbris rice, parboiled bread, wheat Kugel (egg noodles, sugar, cheese, raisins) (Israel) Sirloin chop w/mixed veggies, mashed potato bread, white wholemeal with peanut butter pasta, corn, gluten-free gnocchi macaroni and cheese pasta, rice, brown pasta, rice and maize, gluten-free spaghetti, white spaghetti, wholemeal, Udon (Australia) Skittles rice, broken, butter, curry rice, white, w/low-fat milk, salted dried plum or rolled in sheet of toasted sea algae (Japan) banana green gram dhal w/varagu lentil and cauliflower curry w/rice Semolina 40-49: Lucozade (UK) Jasmine rice, white dates, dried rice, Jasmine or low-protein with dried sea algae (Bangkok, Japan) rice, white w/dried fish strip (Japan) chapatti, wheat flour w/green gram dhalmillet/ragi (up to 52!) rice and roasted green gram dhal 50-59: Stir-fried veggies w/chicken and rice rice, glutinous (Japan) Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Again using the Glycemic Load material published by Rick Mendosa, here is a listing of foods that, while not quite as low as my earlier list, which was in the 1-5 range, is still pretty good for diabetics. The " bad food list " had Glycemic Loads of 30+. This list is 6-9 per serving: muffin, apple, made w/o sugar scones, plain, made from mix (watch the calories!) smoothie drink, soy, banana, chocolate hazelnut milo (chocolate nutrient-fortified drink powder) barley kernel bread (various mixtures, such as wholemeal) Fruit breads: BurgenFruit loaf (Australia) Fruit and Spice loaf Continental fruit load, wheat bread w/dried fruit Hapiness (cinnamon, raisin, pecan bread) Mueslibread Hamburger bun gluten-free bread oat bran bread rice bread rye kernel bread (pumpernickel) whole grain pumpernickel sliced cocktail bread wholemeal rye bread linseed rye, light rye, Klosterbrot and Volkombrot wholemeal rye spelt multi-grain bread white flour bread white bread w/enzyme inhibitors (acarbose) white bread w/soluble fiber (psyllium) white bread w/vinaigrette or dried seaweed white bread, high-fiber wholemeal wheat flour bread Healthy Choice: Hearty 7-Grain Heary 100% Whole Grain Hunger Filler wholegrain bread 9-Grain, multi-grain, Nutty Natural wholegrain bread sourdough wheat sunflower and barley bread 100% wholegrain bread All-Bran Fuit 'n Oats cereal barley porridge (wholemeal high-fiber) Bran Buds hot ceral, apple & cinnamon Muesli (gluten-free, Natural, Swiss Formula, or Toasted) cornmeal taco shells, cornmeal-based Semolina oatmeal high-fiber rye crisp bread custard ice cream, regular fat pudding, instant reduced-fat yoghurt (vanilla, french vanilla, apricot, mango, strawberry) soymilk, soymilk drinks some apples apricots, dried and fruit spread banana, under-ripe (ripe is over twice as high ... 13) fruit cocktail, canned grapefruit juice, unsweetened grapes mangos orange marmalade orange juice papaya peach, canned in heavy or light syrup pineapple juice, unsweetened baked beans, canned beans, dried butterbeans, dried chickpeas, dried or curried navy beans kidney beans, dried; some kidney beans, various lentils, green, canned in brine lentils, red, dried split peas, yellow, boiled chicken nuggets fish fingers pizza, Super Supreme, pan or thin & crispy (Pizza Hut, Australia) split pea & soy pasta shells, gluten-free chocolate milk, plain w/sucrose or low-sugar w/maltitol M & M peanut popcorn, plain, microwaved lentil soup, canned minestrone tomato soup honey, some types sucrose maltitol (some formulations ... a commercial product) sweet corn Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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