Table 1.

Nutritional composition of meals consumed in the study

	Standardized breakfast	Low-GI test meal	High-GI test meal
Composition	33 g wholewheat cereal, 250 ml lowfat milk, 1 slice 9 grain toast, 5 g margarine,10 g jam, 2 halves tinned pears	150 g boiled spaghetti, 120 g bolognaise sauce,140 g red apple, 300 ml water to drink	280 g peeled boiled potato, 120 g bolognaise sauce, 300 g watermelon, 300 ml water to drink
Energy (kCal)	412	429	430
Protein (g)	17.0	26.1	27.7
Fat (g)	8.0	8.3	8.6
CHO (g)	64.0	60.1	57.1
Fibre (g)	6.7	5.9	7.6
GI	49	34	76
GL	31	20.4	43.4