Glycemic Index Diet Helper

Glycemic Index diet and food choice helper tool to make identification of foods to eat as part of the Glycemic Index diet easier.

Features include:
- Comprehensive list of foods and whether they are high (70+ GI), medium (56-69 GI), or low (0-55 GI) Glycemic Index.
- Search by food and beverage.
- Lookup by food category.
- Filter by whether a food is high (70+ GI), medium (56-69 GI), or low (0-55 GI) Glycemic Index.
- General Glycemic Index and Glycemic Index diet info.


The glycemic index or glycaemic index (GI) is a number associated with a particular type of food that indicates the food's effect on a person's blood glucose (also called blood sugar) level. A value of 100 represents the standard, an equivalent amount of pure glucose. The GI represents the rise in a person's blood sugar level two hours after consumption of the food. The glycemic effect of foods depends on a number of factors, such as the type of starch, physical entrapment of the starch molecules within the food, fat and protein content of the food and organic acids or their salts in the meal.

The glycemic load (GL) of food is a number that estimates how much the food will raise a person's blood glucose level after eating it. One unit of glycemic load approximates the effect of consuming one gram of glucose. Glycemic load accounts for how much carbohydrate is in the food and how much each gram of carbohydrate in the food raises blood glucose levels. Glycemic load is based on the glycemic index (GI), and is calculated by multiplying the grams of available carbohydrate in the food times the food's GI and then dividing by 100.


DISCLAIMER:
We do not perform any testing ourselves. All compiled data should be used as guidelines not as basis of fact. Consult your physician before beginning any new diet. This general information is not intended to diagnose any medical condition or to replace the advice of your healthcare professional.