LOW GLYCEMIC LOAD FOOD LIST
To lose weight, try to eat 40 GL points per day, made up of 3 meals (10 points each) and 2 snacks (5 points each). Your plate should hold ¼ protein, ¼ carbohydrate and ½ vegetables.
GL 0-10 is good to include in your diet eat liberally, 11-14 is okay, if limited, and 15+ is not advisable.
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Breads |
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10 |
5 |
5 |
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Rye kernel (pumpernickel) bread or Sourdough |
6 |
2 slices |
1 slice |
25g |
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Wholemeal rye bread |
8 |
2 thin slices |
1 thin slice |
19g |
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Wheat tortilla (mexican) |
8 |
1 1/2 tortillas |
Less than 1 tortilla |
31g |
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White, high-fibre |
9 |
1 thick slice |
1 thin slice |
17g |
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Wholemeal (whole wheat) wheat flour bread |
9 |
1 thick slice |
1 thin slice |
17g |
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Gluten-free multigrain bread |
10 |
1 slice |
Half a slice |
15g |
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Light rye |
10 |
1 slice |
Half a slice |
15g |
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White wheat flour bread |
10 |
1 slice |
Half a slice |
15g |
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Pita bread, white |
10 |
1 pitta |
Half a slice |
15g |
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Gluten-free white bread, |
11 |
1 slice |
Half a slice |
14g |
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Breakfast |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
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Porridge made from rolled oats |
2 |
As much as liked |
1 v.large bowl |
75g |
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All-Bran TM |
6 |
2 small servings |
1 small serving |
25g |
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Muesli, gluten-free |
7 |
2small servings |
1 small serving |
21g |
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Muesli/ Alpen |
10 |
1 serving |
1/2 serving |
15g |
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Weetabix TM |
13 |
2 biscuits |
1 biscuit |
12g |
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Bran Flakes TM |
13 |
1 small serving |
1/3 serving |
12 |
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Special K TM (Kellogg's) |
14 |
1 small serving |
1/3 serving |
11g |
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Cereal Grains |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
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Taco shells, cornmeal-based, baked )Old El Paso) |
8 |
2 shells |
1 shell |
13g |
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Quinoa |
8 |
1 1/2 cup |
2/3 cup |
94g |
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Cornmeal |
9 |
very large serving |
Small serving |
83g |
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Kamut (E) |
9 |
very large serving |
Small serving |
|
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Pearl Barley |
11 |
1 serving |
1/2 serving |
68g |
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Cracked wheat (bulgur/bourghul) |
12 |
1 serving |
1/2 serving |
63g |
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Brown basmati rice |
13 |
1 small serving |
1/2 serving |
58g |
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Buckwheat |
16 |
1 small serving |
1/3 serving |
47g |
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Rice, brown |
18 |
1 small serving |
1/3 serving |
42g |
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Basmati, white , boiled |
22 |
1/2serving |
1/4 serving |
34g |
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Couscous |
23 |
1/2 serving |
1/4 serving |
33g |
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Rice,white long grain, boiled |
23 |
1/2 serving |
1/4 serving |
33g |
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Millet, porridge |
25 |
1/2 serving |
1/4 serving |
30g |
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Crispbreads & Crackers |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
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Rough Oatcakes (Nairns) |
2 |
5 oatcakes |
2.5 oatcakes |
26g |
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Fine Oatcakes (Nairns) |
3 |
3 oatcakes |
2 oatcakes |
15g |
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Digestive |
10 |
1 biscuit |
1/2 biscuit |
13g |
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Cream Cracker |
11 |
2 biscuits |
1 biscuit |
11g |
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Rye crispbread |
11 |
2 biscuits |
1 biscuit |
11g |
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Puffed rice cakes |
17 |
2 biscuits |
1 biscuit |
7g |
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Dairy Products & |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
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Plain yoghurt |
3 |
3 small pots |
1 1/2 small pots |
333g |
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Milk, full fat |
3 |
833ml |
416ml |
416ml |
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Soya yoghurt |
7 |
2 small cups |
1 small cup |
150g |
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Soy Milk |
7 |
2 small cups |
1 small cup |
178ml |
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Custard, home made |
7 |
1 small cup |
1/2 cup |
71ml |
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Ice cream, regular |
8 |
2 scoops |
1 scoop |
31ml |
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Low-fat yoghurt, fruit, |
10 |
1 1/2 pots |
2/3 small pot |
100g |
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Rice Milk, E |
14 |
1 small cup |
Half a cup |
90g |
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Legumes & Nuts |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
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Hummus (chickpea dip) |
1 1/2 |
4 large tubs |
2 large tubs |
500g |
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Peas, dried, boiled |
2 |
3 cups |
1 1/2 cups |
375g |
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Borlotti beans, boiled, canned |
4 |
1 1/2 cans |
2/3 can |
187g |
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Lentils |
5 |
2 cups |
1 cup |
150g |
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Butter Beans |
6 |
1 1/2 cups |
2/3 cup |
125g |
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Split peas, yellow, boiled 20min |
6 |
1 1/2 cups |
2/3 cup |
125g |
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Baked beans, canned |
7 |
1/2 tin |
1/4tin |
107g |
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Kidney beans |
7 |
3/4 tin |
1/3 tin |
107g |
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Chickpeas (Garbanzo beans, Bangal gram), boiled |
8 |
1 1/2 cups |
2/3 cup |
94g |
|
Chickpeas, canned in brine |
9 |
3/4 tin |
1/3 tin |
83g |
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Chestnuts, cooked E |
8 |
1 1/2 cups |
2/3 cup |
94g |
|
Flageolet beans, canned in brine E |
8 |
3/4 tin |
1/3 tin |
83g |
|
Haricot /Navy beans |
12 |
1/2 tin |
1/4 tin |
62g |
|
Blackeyed beans, boiled |
13 |
1 cup |
1/2 cup |
58g |
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Pasta & Noodles |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
|
Ravioli, durum wheat flour, meat filled, boiled |
7.5 |
1/2 packet |
A small serving |
60g |
|
Pasta, wholemeal, boiled |
8 |
A large serving |
1/2 serving |
56g |
|
Fettucine, egg |
9 |
A serving |
1/2 serving |
50g |
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Spagetti, white, boiled |
9 |
A serving |
1/2 serving |
47g |
|
Spaghetti, durham wheat boiled, 10-15min |
10 |
A serving |
1/2 serving |
43g |
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Gluten Free pasta, maize starch, boiled 8min |
11 |
A small serving |
1/2 small |
41g |
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Macaroni, plain |
11 |
A very small serving |
1/2 small serving |
39g |
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Corn pasta,gluten free (62.5 serving size) |
16 |
A small serving |
1/2 small serving |
28g |
|
Gnocchi |
16 |
very small serving |
1/2 a small serving |
27g |
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Rice pasta, brown, boiled 16min |
17 |
very small serving |
1/2 a small serving |
26g |
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Snack Foods |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
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Olives, in brine E |
1 |
4 cups |
2 cups |
270g |
|
Peanuts |
1 |
A large pack |
1 medium/ 2 small packs |
250g |
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Cashew nuts, salted |
3 |
1 1/2 small packs |
Less than 1 small pack |
83g |
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Popcorn, salted, no sugar |
8 |
small pack |
1/2 small pack |
12g |
|
Potato crisps, plain salted |
11 |
1 1/2 small packs |
2/3 small pack |
23g |
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Pretzels, oven baked, traditional wheat flavour |
16 |
8 |
4 |
9g |
|
Corn chips plain, salted |
17 |
13 chips |
7 chips |
15g |
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Snack Foods |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
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Fruitus apple cereal bar E |
5 |
2 bars |
1 bar |
35g |
|
Rebar fruit & veg bar E |
8 |
1 bar |
1/2 bar |
25g |
|
Muesli bar containing dried fruit |
13 |
less than a bar |
Less than 1/2 bar |
12g |
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Chocolate, milk, plain(Mars/cadburys/Nestle) |
14 |
less than 1/2 bar |
less than 1/4 bar |
18g |
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Sugars |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
|
Xylitol |
2 |
6 tbsp |
3 tbsp |
50g |
|
Fructose |
4 |
3 tbsp |
5 tsp |
25g |
|
Sucrose |
14 |
3 tsp |
1 1/2 tsp |
7g |
|
Honey |
16 |
2 tsp |
1 tsp |
7g |
|
Glucose |
20 |
2 tsp |
1 tsp |
5g |
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Vegetables |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
|
Tomato E |
2 |
5 medium |
2 1/2 medium |
175g |
|
Broccoli E |
2 |
5 handfuls |
2 1/2 medium |
250g |
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Kale E |
1 |
10 handfuls |
5 handfuls |
375g |
|
Avocado E |
1 |
10 |
5 |
950g |
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Onion E |
2 |
5 medium |
2 1/2 medium |
450g |
|
Asparagus E |
2 |
5 handfuls |
2 1/2 handfuls |
315g |
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Green beans E |
1 |
10 handfuls |
5 handfuls |
375g |
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Carrots |
3 |
2 carrots |
1 carrot |
133g |
|
Green peas |
3 |
5 tbsp |
2 1/2 tbsp |
133g |
|
Pumpkin |
3 |
267gm |
1 1/2 servings |
133g |
|
Beetroot |
5 |
4 |
2 |
80g |
|
Swede |
7 |
half a swede |
1 serving |
107g |
|
Banana/Plantain |
8 |
1 small |
1/2 small |
75g |
|
Broad Beans |
9 |
89 |
1 tbsp |
44g |
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Sweet corn |
9 |
1 serving |
1/2 serving |
44g |
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Parsnips |
12 |
1 small |
1/2 small |
33g |
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Yam |
13 |
1 small serving |
1/2 small serving |
58g |
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Boiled potato |
14 |
107 |
1 small |
53g |
|
Microwaved potato |
14 |
107 |
1 small |
53g |
|
Mashed potato |
15 |
2 tbsp |
1 tbsp |
50g |
|
New potato unpeeled and boiled 20min |
16 |
4 very small |
2 very small |
47g |
|
Sweet potato |
17 |
1 small |
1/2 small |
44g |
|
Baked potato white, baked in skin |
18 |
83g |
2/3 a medium |
42g |
|
French fries |
22 |
68g |
4-5 fries |
34g |
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Drinks |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
|
Tomato juice, canned, no added sugar |
4 |
625ml |
1/2 pint |
315ml |
|
Yakult, fermented milk drink with lactobacilus casei |
6 |
108ml |
2/3 65ml bottle |
30ml |
|
Carrot juice, freshly made |
10 |
250ml |
1/5 pint or 1/3 cup |
125ml |
|
Grapefruit juice, unsweetened |
11 |
227ml |
1/5 pint or 1/3 cup |
115ml |
|
Apple juice, pure, unsweetened, |
12 |
208ml |
1/6 pint or 1/3 cup |
105ml |
|
orange juice |
13 |
192ml |
1/6 pint or 1/3 cup |
95ml |
|
Cordial, orange, reconstituted |
13 |
192ml |
1/6 pint or 1/3 cup |
95ml |
|
Smoothie, raspberry |
14 |
179ml |
2/5 250ml carton/1/3 cup |
90 ml |
|
Pineapple juice, unsweetened |
16 |
156ml |
1/4 pint or 1/2 cup |
80ml |
|
Craberry juice drink, Ocean Spray |
16 |
156ml |
1/4 pint or 1/2 cup |
80ml |

per serve