LABEL READING ADVICE

curly from cork

I am used to reading labels for a weigh watcher diet ie saturated fat content, but I have no idea what I should be looking for lable wise when trying to eat foods with a low GI rating.
Any advice please.

MrPain

Heres an overview of GI http://www.glycemicindex.com/
Click on database so you can search by food for its GI value



On labels you will see a value for carbohyrates and underneath "of which sugars". If the "of which sugars" make up a large portion of carbohydrates then its generally it's a low GI food and vica versa.

TommyKnocker

Hi There

Basically I think it comes down to how much of the carb calories come from sugars. The more calories from sugar, the higher the GI rating.


Best Regards,

M

TommyKnocker

MrPain wrote: »

Heres an overview of GI http://www.glycemicindex.com/
Click on database so you can search by food for its GI value



On labels you will see a value for carbohyrates and underneath "of which sugars". If the "of which sugars" make up a large portion of carbohydrates then its generally it's a High GI food and vica versa.

FYP