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Having some handy tips and pointers when trying to lower your glycaemic load means that you need never get it wrong. Here’s a helpful list of things to remember. Eat small or moderate portions of starchy foods such as bread, potatoes, pasta, and rice. Include lots of low-GL fruit and vegetables at every meal.

Good news: on the glycaemic load diet, you can indulge in hundreds of beautiful, scrumptious fruits and veggies. Check out this guide to what’s in season when. Fruits Vegetables Spring Rhubarb, grapes, limes, passion fruit, sharon fruit, lemons, grapefruit, avocados Leeks, cabbage, watercress, new potatoes,

Use this table to find out which starchy foods to avoid, and discover tasty low-GL alternatives. Keep it handy, so you’re never left wondering if you’ve made the right choices! Starchy staples Low GL High GL Bread Pumpernickel, rye, sourdough, soya and linseed, barley and sunflower, granary, seeded breads and pitta breads (moderate GL) oat cakes, rye crackers (moderate GL) White, wholemeal, French stick, rice cakes, cream crackers, bread sticks Cereal Whole oats, oatmeal, porridge, no added sugar muesli, bran sticks, semolina, quinoa Sweetened cereals, rice based cereals, bran flakes, wheat biscuits, shredded wheat Pasta Egg-based pasta, mungbean noodles Overcooked pasta and pasta ready meals requiring re-heating Rice Long grain, wild, and basmati rice.