South Beach Diet Guide:

Glycemic Index Charts

A complete table containing Glycemic Index values for thousands of foods can be viewed at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition website.

Please note that page at the above link is HUGE, so be prepared for a potentially long download time.

The complete article, "International table of glycemic index and glycemic load values: 2002" (including all the Glycemic Index values) may also be downloaded in PDF form from here.

For you convenience, a table of common foods appears below:

Beans

Food

Glycemic Index

Food

Glycemic Index

Baby lima	32	Baked Bean	43
Black Bean	30	Brown Bean	38
Butter Bean	31	Chickpeas	33
Kidney Bean	27	Navy Bean	38
Pinto Bean	42	Red Lentils	27
Split Peas	32	Soy Beans	18

Breads

Bagel	72	Kaiser roll	73
Pita	57	Pumpernickel	49
Rye	64	Rye, whole	50
White	72	Whole wheat	72
Waffles	76

Cereals

All Bran	44	Bran Chex	58
Cheerios	74	Corn Bran	75
Corn Chex	83	Cream of Wheat	66
Crispix	87	Grapenuts	67
Grapenuts Flakes	80	Life	66
Mueslix	60	NutriGrain	66
Oatmeal	53	Oatmeal 1minute	66
Puffed Wheat	74	Puffed Rice	90
Rice Bran	19	Rice Chex	89
Rice Krispies	82

Cookies

Oatmeal	55	Shortbread	64
Vanilla Wafers	77

Crackers

Rye crackers

Saltine crackers

Desserts

Angel food cake	67	Bran muffin	60
Danish	59	Fruit bread	47
Pound Cake	54	Sponge Cake	46

Fruit

Apple	38	Apricot, canned	64
Apricot, dried	30	Banana	62
Banana, unripe	30	Cherries	22
Fruit cocktail	55	Grapefruit	25
Grapes	43	Kiwi	52
Mango	55	Orange	43
Pear	36	Pineapple	66
Plum	24	Raisins	64
Strawberries	32	Watermelon	72

Grains

Barley	22	Brown rice	59
Buckwheat	54	Bulgar	47
Chickpeas	36	Cornmeal	68
Hominy	40	Millet	75
Rice, instant	91	Rice, parboiled	47
Rye	34	Sweet corn	55
Wheat, whole	41	Rice, white	HIGH
Amylose	59

Juices

Apple	41	Grapefruit	48
Orange	55	Pineapple	46

Milk Products

Chocolate milk	34	Ice cream	50
Milk	34	Yogurt	38

Pasta

Brown rice pasta	92	Linguine, durham	50
Macaroni	46	Macaroni & cheese	64
Spaghetti	40	Spaghetti, protein enriched	28
Vermicelli	35

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