Table 3.
Description of test breakfast meal from the 2400 kcal high and low glycemic diets
| High glycemic load test breakfast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food | Energy (kcal) | Prot (g) | Fat (g) | Total Carb (g) | Fiber (g) | GI food | % Carb x GI | Carb (g) x GI / 100 |
| Reduced fat, 2% milk | 122 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 3 |
| Buckwheat pancake | 160 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 92 | 38 | 28 |
| Salted butter | 108 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lemon-line Gatorade powder | 58 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 78 | 16 | 12 |
| Pancake syrup | 66 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 68 | 16 | 12 |
| Totals | 513 | 14 | 19 | 74 | 2 | 268 | 74 | 55 |
| Percent total energy1 | 10% | 33% | 57% | |||||
| Percent total energy2 | 11% | 33% | 56% | |||||
| Low glycemic load test breakfast | ||||||||
| Reduced fat, 2% milk | 122 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 3 |
| Oat and buckwheat groats pancake | 168 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 48 | 13 | 11 |
| Salted butter | 72 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frozen, unsweetened strawberries | 49 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 6 | 5 |
| Canned tomato juice | 28 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 2 |
| Light agave nectar | 114 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 10 |
| Sugar -free pancake syrup | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 568 | 19 | 18 | 89 | 6 | 183 | 37 | 32 |
| Percent total energy1 | 13% | 27% | 60% | |||||
| Percent total energy2 | 13% | 29% | 58% | |||||
1
Total energy calculated as sums of 4 kcal/g protein, 9 kcal/ g fat and 4 kcal/g total carbohydrate.
2
Percent total energy calculated using available carbohydrate. Wt, weight; Prot, protein; Carb, total carbohydrate; GI glycemic index; %, percent of meal carbohydrate; g, grams of total cabohydrate