Glycaemic Load

GL is more effective than low fat / low calorie diets

Overweight people lost more weight on low GL (glycaemic load) diets than on high GL or other weight reduction diets and their cardiovascular risk marker profile improved according to a review in July 2007 carried out by the highly respected and independent Cochrane Collaboration.

Below we have gathered together foods which we consider good options for those aiming to keep their Glycaemic Load low. Here is a short explanation of the Glycaemic Load rationale, but you don't have to worry too much about the science, just select from the foods chosen and try to stick to a Glycaemic Load of around 80 a day for a low daily Glycaemic Load.

The Glycaemic Index tells us how quickly the sugar in the food raises the sugar in our blood, Glycaemic Load tells us just how much of that sugar is in the food we are eating making the GL measurement of food a more balanced indicator than just using GI. Eg. the GI of Mars bars is around 68 and is the same if you eat 1 or 21 Mars bars, the GI of watermelon is 72 as it contains fast releasing sugars but very little of them. GL would then take the weight of these sugars in the food consumed into the equasion and is more realistic. By using the GI and multiplying by the quantity of sugar in a serving (GI (%) x grams of carbohydrate per serving) we get the total glycemic response to a food or meal which is a very good indicator of the overall affect on our bodies. One unit of GL ~ glycemic effect of 1 gram glucose

In this way we can count GL in a similar way to the counting calories principle. A typical diet would have around 100 GL units per day (ie. 60-180) less than 80 being considered low GL, more than 120 would be high GL

Low GI = 55 or less Medium GI = 56 - 69 High GI = 70 or more
Low GL = 10 or less Medium GL = 11- 19 High GL = 20 or more


Allergycare Buckwheat Flour 500g £1.95 Qty	Bavarian Organic Flaxseed Bread 500g £1.49 Qty	Bio Planete Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml £4.89 Qty


Biona Organic Agave Syrup 250ml £3.19 Qty	Biona Organic Butter Beans in Water 400g £0.99 Qty	Biona Organic Chick Peas in Water 400g £0.89 Qty


Biona Organic Coconut Milk 400ml £1.19 Due 8th Jul 2009	Biona Organic Cranberries 100g £3.89 Qty	Biona Organic Durum Wheat Fusilli 500g £1.39 Qty


Biona Organic Green Tortelloni Fresh Filled Pasta 250g £2.39 Qty	Biona Organic Lentils 400g £0.89 Qty	Biona Organic Omega Rye Bread with Linseed Gold 500g £1.79 Qty


Biona Organic Pinto Beans in Water 400g £0.99 Qty	Biona Organic Tomato Ketchup 330g £1.89 Qty	Biona Organic Tomato Puree 200g £1.29 Qty


Biona Organic Tomato/Basil Sauce 350g 10% Off £1.88 Qty	Biona Organic Whole Wheat Penne Rigate 500g £1.29 Qty	Biona Organic Wholemeal Rye Bread With Sunflower Seeds 500g £1.79 Qty


Biona Organic Wholewheat Spaghetti 500g £1.29 Qty	Biotta Organic Carrot Juice 500ml £2.34 (£2.69 inc VAT) Qty	Blue Dragon Coconut Milk 400ml £1.71 Qty


Blue Dragon Red Curry Paste 220g £1.90 Qty	Booja Booja Stuff in a Tub Feisty Winjin Ginger Dessert 500ml £5.21 (£5.99 inc VAT) Qty	Booja Booja Stuff in a Tub Pompompous Maple and Pecan 500ml £6.08 (£6.99 inc VAT) Qty


Booja-Booja Ecuadorian Chocolate Truffles 25g £1.12 (£1.29 inc VAT) Qty	Booja-Booja Hazelnut Chocolate Truffles 25g £1.12 (£1.29 inc VAT) Due 10th Jul 2009	Booja-Booja Keep Smiling Vanilla M'Gorilla 500ml £5.21 (£5.99 inc VAT) Qty


Booja-Booja Raspberry Ecuadorian Chocolate Truffles 100g £4.34 (£4.99 inc VAT) Qty	Booja-Booja Raspberry Ecuadorian Chocolate Truffles 25g £1.12 (£1.29 inc VAT) Qty	Booja-Booja Stuff in a Tub Coconut Hullabaloo 500ml £5.21 (£5.99 inc VAT) Qty


Booja-Booja Stuff in a Tub Hunky Punky Chocolate 500ml £5.21 (£5.99 inc VAT) Qty	Cauldron Tofu Plain and Simple 250g £1.61 Qty	Clearspring Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml £4.99 Qty


Clearspring Apple & Apricot Fruit Puree Dessert 2x100g £1.25 Qty	Clearspring Apple & Blueberry Fruit Puree Dessert 2x100g £1.25 Qty	Clearspring Apple & Plum Fruit Puree Dessert 2x100g £1.25 Qty


Clearspring Organic Apple Puree 2x100g £1.25 Qty	Clearspring Organic Pear Fruit Puree 2x100g £1.25 Qty	Clearspring Organic Roasted Snack Mix 140g (12 pack) £35.64 Qty


Clearspring Organic Safflower Oil 500ml 10% Off £4.13 Qty	Clearspring Organic Soya Oil 500ml £2.59 Qty	Cotswold Cumin Seeds 1kg £6.79 Qty


Delphi Fresh Houmous Dip With Olive Oil 283g £1.20 Qty	Dietary Special Light Crispbread 150g £1.49 Qty	Equal Exchange Organic Rooibos Tea 100 bags £3.62 Due 9th Jul 2009


Finn Crisp Multigrain Crispbread 175g £1.04 Qty	Free & Easy Organic Three Bean Chilli 400g £1.81 Qty	Fruisana Fruit Sugar 250g £1.09 Qty


Goodness Almonds, Ground 125g £1.28 Qty	Goodness Almonds, Ground Organic 125g £1.79 Qty	Goodness Apple Rings 250g £1.46 Qty


Goodness Apricots 125g £1.19 Qty	Goodness Bran Flakes Organic 500g £2.56 Temporarily Unavailable	Goodness Breakfast Bran Sticks 500g £1.96 Qty


Goodness Butter Beans 500g £1.37 Qty	Goodness Chick Peas, Organic 500g £1.53 Qty	Goodness Coconut Chips, Organic 250g £1.17 Qty


Goodness Lentils, Red Split Organic 500g £4.18 Qty	Goodness Linseed, Golden Organic 100g £1.16 Qty	Goodness Muesli De-luxe 1kg £4.19 Qty


Goodness Oats 1kg £1.37 Qty	Goodness Oats 500g £0.80 Qty	Goodness Oats, Jumbo Organic 3kg £0.00 Qty


Goodness Oats, Jumbo Organic 500g £1.26 Qty	Goodness Organic Almonds 250g £3.17 Qty	Goodness Organic Pinenuts (Pignolias) 100g £3.07 Qty


Goodness Peanuts 250g £1.25 Qty	Goodness Peanuts, Redskin 250g £0.89 Qty	Goodness Pearl Barley 500g £1.54 Qty


Goodness Popcorn, Organic 500g £2.44 Qty	Goodness Pumpkin Seeds, Organic 250g £2.28 Qty	Goodness Quinoa Grain, Organic 250g £0.98 Due 13th Jul 2009


Goodness Rich Fruit Muesli 1kg £4.11 Qty	Goodness Rich Fruit Muesli 3kg £8.61 Qty	Goodness Sesame Seeds, Organic 250g £2.41 Qty


Goodness Seven Bean Mix 3kg £6.63 Qty	Goodness Soya Beans, Organic 500g £1.46 Due 13th Jul 2009	Goodness Soya Flour 350g £0.70 Temporarily Unavailable


Goodness Sunflower Seeds, Organic 500g £2.00 Qty	Goodness Sunflower Seeds, Organic 250g £1.06 Qty	Goodness Walnut Pieces, Organic 100g £1.15 Qty


Green & Black's Organic Chocolate Ice Cream 500ml 10% Off £3.21 (£3.69 inc VAT) Qty	Hellenic Extra Virgin Unrefined Olive Oil 250ml £2.07 Qty	It's Soya Good! Organic Soya Mince 200g £2.70 Qty


Jordans Organic Porridge Oats 750g £2.42 Qty	Kallo Just Bouillon Premium Vegetable Gravy Powder 125g £1.68 Qty	Lizi's Apple & Cinnamon Granola 400g £3.49 Qty


Lizi's Belgian Chocolate Granola 400g £3.29 Qty	Lizi's Organic Granola 500g £4.99 Qty	Lizi's Original Granola 500g £2.99 Qty


Lizi's Treacle & Pecan Granola 400g £3.29 Qty	Longley Farm Cottage Cheese 125g £0.58 Qty	Meridian Organic Dark Tahini 270g £2.49 Temporarily Unavailable


Meridian Organic Light Tahini 270g £2.49 Qty	Mestemacher Organic Sunflower Seed Bread 500g £2.07 Due 8th Jul 2009	Mornflake Oats 3kg £3.35 Qty


Mr Bean's Lentil & Red Pepper Soup 400g £1.44 Temporarily Unavailable	Nairn's Oat Bakes Cheese Flavour 30g £0.55 Qty	Nairn's Organic Oatcakes 250g £1.29 Qty


Nairns Traditional Oatcakes 300g £1.15 Qty	Organico Organic Wholewheat Spaghetti 500g 10% Off £1.25 Qty	Paterson's Rough Oatcakes 300g £1.25 Qty


Pertwood Organic Farm Original Porridge Oats 650g £2.07 Qty	Rayner's Essentials Organic Agave Syrup 340g £3.29 Qty	Really Interesting Moroccan Chick Pea Soup 400g £1.19 Qty


Really Interesting Sri Lankan Lentil & Coconut Soup 400g £1.19 Qty	Rowse Organic Squeezable Agave Syrup ( Rich ) 260g 10% Off £2.24 Qty	Rowse Squeezable Organic Agave Syrup (mild ) 260g 10% Off £2.24 Qty


San Amvrosia Houmous 142g £1.25 Qty	Shipton Mill - Organic 100% Wholewheat Flour 2.5kg £3.31 Qty	Suma Organic Aduki Beans 400g £0.91 Qty


Suma Organic Black Beans 400g £0.91 Due 8th Jul 2009	Suma Organic Mixed Beans 220g £0.88 Qty	Suma Six Bean Mix 400g £0.82 Qty


Sunita Garlic Stuffed Olives 370g £2.52 Qty	Sunita Organic Green Olives 260g £2.91 Qty	Sunita Organic Lemon Juice 250ml £1.41 Qty


Sunita Whole Organic Dark Tahini 340g £2.61 Qty	Sunnyvale Organic 100% Rye Bread 400g £1.35 Qty	Sweet Freedom Natural Sweetener Mild 300ml £2.99 Qty


Sweet Freedom Natural Sweetener Rich 300ml £2.99 Qty	Taifun Organic Tofu Wiener/Frankfurters 300g £3.99 Qty	The 7-Day GL Diet £0.00 Temporarily Unavailable


The High-energy Cookbook £0.00 Temporarily Unavailable	The Holford 'Low GL' Diet Cookbook £0.00 Temporarily Unavailable	The Low GI Diet Revolution £0.00 Temporarily Unavailable


Tropical Wholefoods Sun Dried Pineapple 100g £1.52 Qty	Whole Earth Organic Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce 420g £1.14 Qty	Yeo Valley Organic Half Fat Creme Fraiche 200g £1.22 Qty


Zest Basil & Oregano Pasta Sauce 355g £2.23 Qty

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