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ELLEN'S KITCHEN
For further specific items by category see Rick Mendoza's lists.
Glycemic Index (GI)
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AVERAGE PURE-CARBOHYDRATE CONCENTRATION FOR 100 g (3.5 oz.) OF FOOD AND GLUCOSE-BASED GLYCEMIC INDEX |
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FOOD |
PURE CARBOHYDRATE |
GLYCEMIC INDEX |
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Beer |
5g |
110 |
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Baked potatoes |
25g |
95 |
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French fries |
33g |
95 |
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Puffed Rice |
85g |
95 |
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Mashed potatoes |
14g |
90 |
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Instant rice |
24g |
90 |
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Honey |
80g |
90 |
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Cooked carrots |
6g |
85 |
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Corn flakes |
85g |
85 |
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Plain Popcorn |
63g |
85 |
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T 45 flour (white bread) |
58g |
85 |
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Rice cake |
24g |
85 |
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Potato chips |
49g |
80 |
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Cooked broad beans |
7g |
80 |
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Tapioca |
94g |
80 |
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Crackers |
60g |
80 |
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Pumpkin/winter squash |
7g |
75 |
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T 55 flour (baguette) |
55g |
75 |
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Watermelon |
7g |
75 |
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T 65 flour (farmhouse bread) |
53g |
70 |
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Sweetend cereals |
80g |
70 |
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Chocolate bars (Mars) |
60g |
70 |
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Boiled peeled potatoes |
20g |
70 |
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Sugar (saccharose) |
100g |
70 |
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Turnip |
3g |
70 |
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Cornstarch (US) Cornflour (Brit) |
88g |
70 |
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Corn |
22g |
70 |
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Instant non-sticky rice |
24g |
70 |
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Cola |
11g |
70 |
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Noodles ravioli |
23g |
70 |
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T 85 flour (brown bread) |
50g |
65 |
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Unpeeled boiled potatoes |
14g |
65 |
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Refined semolina/cream of wheat |
25g |
65 |
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Classic preserves |
70g |
65 |
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Cantaloupe |
6g |
65 |
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Banana |
20g |
65 |
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Processed orange juice |
11g |
65 |
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Raisins |
66g |
65 |
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Long-grain white rice |
23g |
60 |
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B flour shortbread cookies |
68g |
55 |
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Butter cookies |
75g |
55 |
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White pasta |
23g |
55 |
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Whole wheat bread (T 150) |
47g |
50 |
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Buckwheat flour |
65g |
50 |
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Buckwheat pancake |
25g |
50 |
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Sweet potato |
20g |
50 |
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Kiwi |
12g |
50 |
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Barley, cracked (cooked) |
18g |
50 |
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Basmati rice |
23g |
50 |
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Whole brown rice |
23g |
50 |
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Sorbet |
30g |
50 |
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Whole white pasta (T 150) |
19g |
45 |
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Bran bread |
40g |
45 |
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Al dente spaghetti |
25g |
45 |
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Pumpernickel bread |
45g |
40 |
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Fresh peas |
10g |
40 |
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Grapes |
16g |
40 |
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Fresh-squeezed orange juice |
10g |
40 |
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Natural apple juice |
17g |
40 |
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Whole rye bread |
49g |
40 |
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Whole-wheat 100% pasta (T 200) |
17g |
40 |
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Kidney beans |
11g |
40 |
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Fresh 100% whole-wheat bread (T 200) |
45g |
40 |
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Vanilla bean ice cream |
25g |
35 |
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Chinese vermicelli |
15g |
35 |
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Ancestral indian corn |
21g |
35 |
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Quinoa (cooked) |
18g |
35 |
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Dried peas (cooked) |
18g |
35 |
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Raw carrots |
7g |
35 |
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Whole yogurt |
4.5g |
35 |
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Low-fat yogurt |
5.3g |
35 |
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Oranges |
9g |
35 |
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Pears, figs |
12g |
35 |
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Dried apricots |
63g |
35 |
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2% milk |
5g |
30 |
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All-Bran |
46g |
30 |
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Peaches |
9g |
30 |
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Apples |
12g |
30 |
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White beans |
17g |
30 |
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Green beans |
3g |
30 |
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Brown lentils |
17g |
30 |
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Chickpeas (cooked) |
22g |
30 |
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Sugar-free "marmalade" |
37g |
30 |
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Barley, pearled whole (cooked) |
18g |
25 |
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Dark chocolate (70% cocoa) |
32g |
22 |
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Green lentils |
17g |
22 |
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Split peas |
22g |
22 |
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Cherries |
17g |
22 |
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Plums, grapefruit |
10g |
22 |
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Fructose |
100g |
20 |
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Soya beans (cooked) |
15g |
20 |
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Peanuts |
9g |
20 |
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Fresh apricots |
10g |
20 |
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Walnuts |
5g |
15 |
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Onion |
5g |
10 |
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Garlic |
28g |
10 |
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Green vegetables, lettuce, mushrooms, tomatos, eggplant, green pepper, cabbage, broccoli, etc. |
3 to 5g |
10 |
Source: "Eat Yourself Slim", Michel Montignac, Michel-Ange Publishing, 1999 (ISBN: 0968402909).
Note:
In the United States, GI are generally given with respect to white bread (white bread equals 100). Therefore, you have to multiply the GI of the U.S. scale by 0.7 to convert to the value on the scale where glucose equals 100.
©All rights reserved - Michel Montignac International, NSV Nutrinautes inc. 1999
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