Table 3.
Bread | Glycemic index | Cereals | Glycemic index | Fruits | Glycemic index | Vegetables | Glycemic index | Dairy | Glycemic index |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White bread | 70 | Rice | 55 | Watermelon | 72 | Carrot | 71 | Milk | 34 |
Rye bread | 50 | Corn | 55 | Mango | 64 | Pumpkin | 75 | Yogurt | 36 |
Oat bread | 47 | Wheat | 40 | Banana | 53 | Sweet potato | 51 | Ice cream | 36 |
Macaroni | 45 | Chickpeas | 33 | Kiwi | 52 | Peans | 48 | White sugar | 59 |
Spaghetti | 35 | Lentils | 29 | Apple | 36 | Potatoes | 70 | Fructose | 20 |
White beans | 31 | Special K® | 54 | Pear | 33 | Tomatoes | 38 | Honey | 87 |
Fresh beans | 29 | Cornflakes | 85 | Plum | 24 | Beet | 64 | Soja milk | 18 |
Note: The glycemic index estimates how much each gram of carbohydrate in a particular food raises the blood glucose level following food consumption (in relation to consumption of pure glucose, which is used as the benchmark, with glucose absorption being 100% or 100).