Table 3.

Foods used to construct the test meals provided in the study

Low GI diet	High GI diet
Breakfast	Breakfast
Milo, milk (low fat) lemon puff biscuits	poon kueh (pink rice cake), rice cracker Nestum cereal drink (made with water)
Lunch	Lunch
bee hoon (rice vermicelli), sauce (ketchup, sesame oil, dark soy, water), teriyaki chicken, spinach (boiled)	mee pok (flat egg noodle), sauce (ketchup, sesame oil, dark soy, water), teriyaki chicken, carrots (boiled), rice cracker
Snack	Snack
kaya butter toast (kaya is made from coconut milk, eggs and sugar), Milo, milk (low fat)	steamed glutinous rice with chicken (lo mai gai), ice lemon tea
Dinner	Dinner
parboiled basmati rice, chicken stock, teriyaki chicken, spinach (boiled)	glutinous rice, chicken stock teriyaki chicken, carrots (boiled then mixed with margarine), rice cracker

GI, glycaemic index