Low GI Diet FoodsEating low GI diet foods is not so much different to eating low saturated fat, high fiber, low sugar healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains.Glycemic Index diet was first designed for diabetes patients and for helping them by pointing out foods that will not cause huge spikes followed by sudden drops in their blood sugar levels. GI is already quite well-known in countries like Australia and New Zealand and is slowly becoming popular in Europe, United States and other parts of the world, with reported benefits in long-term weight loss- reduced cravings and increased energy, better exercise performance and fitness and help with management of several diseases. GI stands for glycemic index and measures how quickly carbohydrates in foods are absorbed by your body and the effect they have in your blood sugar levels. Low GI foods provide slower and steadier release of energy, keeping you full longer and stabilizing your blood sugar levels. High GI foods- many processed and junk foods do the exact opposite by making you want more of those bad foods in a short period of time.
Table sugar is given the GI score of 100 and anything between 70-100 is high GI foods that cause rapid increase in blood glucose levels. 56 to 69 is for medium GI foods and those with a GI score of 55 and below are the low GI diet foods that include carbohydrates that provide slow release of sugar in your blood. On this page we are interested in these low GI diet foods that you should eat a bit more of every day. You will not find the glycemic index scores here, please refer to Glycemic Index Chart for more detailed information- glycemic index and glycemic load values. Please also note that you will not find protein foods such as eggs, chicken and fish as they do not contain carbohydrates.
Low GI Diet Foods in Alphabetical Order: All bran cereal Apple Apple juice Apricots Asparagus Avocado Baked beans Banana- unripe Banana bread Barley Basmati rice Breakfast cereals- low sugar Broccoli Buckwheat Bulgur Butter beans Cabbage- red Carrots- boiled Cashew nuts Cauliflower Celery
*Here I'd like to tell you about my favorite diet program that uses a lot of the healthy lower GI foods: Isabel de los Rios' 'The Diet Solution Program'. The Diet Solution Program favours a long term health orientated approach to fat loss, but not offering anyone a quick fix to their weight troubles. It has loads of valuable data and research to support its approach. I personally investigated the program thoroughly and my mum has been using it for a while now. I have to say she got some great results. The nutrition plan is one of the healthiest we have seen, a strong core focus on vegetables, fruits, vitamin dense foods, lean proteins, select dairy produce and a clear approach to not expecting one diet to work for all body types. So give it a try and let me know how youre doing.* Cherries Chick peas Chicken nuggets Corn chips Dairy products Dark chocolate Flaxseed bread Grapefruit Grapes Kale Kiwi fruit Legumes Lentil soup Linguine Long grain rice Mango Muesli Noodles Oatmeal Orange Orange juice Pasta Peaches Plum Peanuts Peanut butter Pear Peas Peppers Popcorn Porridge Prunes Quinoa Radish Red lentils Semi skimmed milk Sourdough bread Soy beans Sprouts Strawberries Sushi Sweet potato Vegetable soup Yams Yogurt- low fat and plain Whole meal bread Whole meal pasta Whole milk
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