Root vegetables Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL)

Last Update - 13th January 2016

Your search for Root vegetables returned the following food items.The item in this description with the lowest GI is Carrots, raw (Romania) with a GI of 16. This is classed as a food item with a low GI level.

The item in the list based around Root vegetables with the highest GI is Parsnips (Canada) which has a GI value of 97 ± 19. This glycemic index is classed as a high level index.

The range for the GI is 81 under the description Root vegetables.All of the items are classed in the range low through to a high level glycemic index.

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Root vegetables - GI and GL List Carrots, raw (Romania), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 16 (low) Glycemic Load = 2 (low) for a typical serving size of 80g Glycemic Load per 100g = 1 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 8 g Carrots, peeled, boiled (Australia), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 32 ± 5 (low) Glycemic Load = 2 (low) for a typical serving size of 80g Glycemic Load per 100g = 2 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 5 g Cassava, boiled, with salt (Kenya, Africa), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 46 (low) Glycemic Load = 12 (medium) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 12 (medium) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 27 g Carrots, Mean of 4 studies, GI and GL Glycemic Index = 47 ± 16 (low) Glycemic Load = 4 (low) for a typical serving size of 80g Glycemic Load per 100g = 3 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 6 g Carrots, peeled, boiled (Sydney, Australia), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 49 ± 2 (low) Glycemic Load = 3 (low) for a typical serving size of 80g Glycemic Load per 100g = 2 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 5 g Beetroot (Canada), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 64 ± 16 (medium) Glycemic Load = 6 (low) for a typical serving size of 80g Glycemic Load per 100g = 4 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 7 g Carrots, NS (Canada), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 92 ± 20 (high) Glycemic Load = 7 (low) for a typical serving size of 80g Glycemic Load per 100g = 6 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 6 g Parsnips (Canada), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 97 ± 19 (high) Glycemic Load = 15 (medium) for a typical serving size of 80g Glycemic Load per 100g = 12 (medium) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 12 g

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