Glycemic index, glycemic load and insulinemic index of Chinese starchy foods

Table 1 Glycemic index, glycemic load and insulinemic index of the test foods

	Glycemic index13 (%)		Glycemic load23 (g)		Insulinemic index (%)
	mean ± SE	Classification	mean ± SE	Classification	mean ± SE
Adlay	55 ± 0.40	Low	9 ± 0.15	Low	67 ± 0.27
Brown rice	82 ± 0.22	High	18 ± 0.15	Medium	81 ± 0.13
Mung bean noodles	28 ± 0.50	Low	7 ± 0.15	Low	38 ± 0.26
Taro	69 ± 0.35	Medium	12 ± 0.16	Medium	73 ± 0.30
Yam	52 ± 0.25	Low	9 ± 0.00	Low	64 ± 0.45
White bread	1003	High	12	Medium	1003

¹Level of glycemic indexs (GIs) were classified according to high (> 69), medium (56-69) and low (< 56) GI;

²Level of glycemic loads (GLs) were classified as high (> 20), medium (11-19), and low (< 10) GL;

³White bread was used as reference food and was defined as 100.