There are big differences between different foodstuff and how they influence our body.

Glycemic index (GI) shows how much our blood sugar level increases after a meal, compared to 100 for how much our blood sugar level increases when we eat white bread.

If you want to lose weight, or avoid gaining weight, you need to eat food with a low GI, as the ones in the beginning of the table below:

Soft drinks, diet	0
Lemonade, diet	0
Lemon	20
Fungus	20
Yoghurt, with fruit, no sugar added	20
Soya beans, preserved	30
Fruit sugar (fructose)	32
Plum	34
Marmalade, no sugar added	35
Grapefruit	36
Grain, whole	36
Red lentils	36
Spaghetti, protein enriched	38
Grainbread, with whole grain	39 - 66
Milk, 3% fat	39
Hot dog	40
Peach	40
Soya yoghurt (vitari)	40
White beans	40
Green lentils	42
Banana, green (unriped)	43
Kidney beans	43
Peach, preserved, no sugar added	43
Soya milk	43
Apricots, dried	44
Vax beans	44
Strawberries	45
Fettucini with eggs	46
Lima beans, frozen	46
Non fat milk	46
Nutella	46
Chick peas	47
Youghurt, with fruit, sweetened	47
Rye, whole grain	48
Ice cream	51 - 114
Pear	50
Yoghurt, natural	51
Spaghetti, wheat, boiled 5 minutes	52
Apple	52
Spagetti, whole grain	53
Fish fingers	54
Haricot verts, green beans	54
Tomato soup	54
Pinto beans	55
Ravioli	56
Apple juice	58
Black-eye beans	59
Spaghetti, thick, boiled 15 minutes	59
Wheat, whole grain	59
All bran	60
Branflakes	60
Chick peas, preserved	60
Müsli, depending on brand	60 - 94
Orange	62
Lentil soup	63
Pears, preserved, no suggar added	63
Bread, from four seeds	64
Macaronis	64
Pinto beans, preserved	64
Pineapple juice	66
Bread, containing dried fruit	67
Corn, fozen	67
Noodles, short boiling time	67
Spaghetti, wheat, boiled 12 minutes	67
Green peas	68
Rice, parboiled	68
Rye bread, with whole grain	68
Wheat bread with approximately 50% oats	68
Beans, baked beans	69
Grapefruitjuice	69
Oatmeal porridge	70
Linguine with eggs	70
White beans, preserved	70
Tortellini, with cheese	71
Cajun rice (Uncle Bens)	72
Orange juice	74
Banana, brown (riped for a long time)	74
Green lentils, preserved	74
Kidney beans, preserved	74
Peach preserved, less sweetened (light)	74
Kiwi fruit	75
Special K	77
Sweet potato	77
Buckwheat	78
Branoats	78
Linguine, thin	78
Rye bread with flax seed	78
Fruit cocktail, preserved	79
Rice, brown	79
Honey	80 - 126
Corn, preserved	80
Mango	80
Potato, baked, Russet	80
Potato, Pontiac (firm)	80
Potato, fresh	81
Rice, jasmin	81
Unpolished rice	81
Papaya	83
Peach, preserved, sweetened	83
Rice, Basmati	83
Bred from rye sour dough	83
Banana, yellow (riped)	84
Pea soup	86
Potato, preserved	87
Rolled oats, unboiled	89
Rye bread, whole grain	89
Potato, King Edward	90
Apricots, preserved	91
Beetroots, boiled	91
Chiabatta	92
Corn bread	92
Sugar (sacharos)	92
Couscous	93
Fruit cake	93
Melon (cantaloupe)	93
Potato, steam boiled	93
Raisins	93
Ryvita (crispbread)	93
Pineapple	94
Nectar	94
Lemonade	94
Porridge, short boiling time	94
Pea soup, with green peas	94
Gnocchi	95
Crispbread, mean coarse	95
Corn bread	95
Soft drinks	97
Corn flour	97
Taco shell	97
Wheat bread (whole grain)	97
Tea round loaf	98
Melba toast	100
Carrots, boiled	101
Swedish turnip	103
Water melon	103
Pumpkin	107
Weetabix	109
Potato, baked in microwave	117
Rice Crispies (Kellog's)	117
Rice cake, ordinary	117
Mashed potatoes, made from powder	118
Corn flakes	121
Crispis (Kellog's)	124
Rice, short boiling time	128
Bread free from gluten	129
Ricepasta (platen noodles)	131
Rice crispies	132
Potato, baked	135
Baguette	136
Energy drink	136
Parsnip, boiled	139
Dextrose	146