Healthy Diets By Sanchita

     The Glycemic Index of the food is the blood glucose response after consuming a carbohydrate-containing food relative to a carbohydrate-containing reference food ( providing 50 grams of the available carbohydrates).  Food on the bases of its Glycemic Index can be classified into three categories Low Glycemic Index           - (<55) Moderate Glycemic Index  - (56 - 69) High Glycemic Index          - (>70)            Cereals, pulses, legumes, and Combinations   Food Glycemic Index Corn Flakes 81±6 Sweet Corn 53 ±4  Whole Wheat Bread 74 ±2 Wheat Roti 66 ±9 Poori 70±13 white Rice Boiled 73 ±4 Barley 28 ±2 Millet Porridge 67 ±5 Suji Upma 68±1 Rice Porridge 78±9 Brown rice Boiled 68±4 Dosa 66 ±11 Idli 69±9 Pongal 68 ±23 Dhokla 33 ±2 Cheela Green Gram 38 ±1 Cheela Bengal Gram 36±1 Bajra Roti 57 ±5 Rolled Oats 55 ±2 Instant Oats Porridge 79 ± 3 Museli 57 ±2 Rajma 70 ...