Glycemic index is a tool by which a person can check his weight and can be able to further reduce it. Glycemic index is a method based on ranking of carbohydrate foods that is taken by the person. It is taken based on the immediate effect to the glucose blood level. It is a gram-by-gram comparison of carbohydrate food. A high glycemic index food release glucose quickly into the body while a low GI food release glucose slowly and gradually. All the diet control and weight loss programs take use of GI index as a check. It is helpful for knowing what kind of food is right to a particular individual.

Weight loss and GI index:

If the individual is looking for a weight loss then it becomes necessary to check the glycemic index of the food which he intakes. The GI index list is provided by the doctors and weight loss program experts. This list is carried out by researchers and provides detail information about what kind of food contains what kind of GI level. The chart below gives a comparison of different foods coming in the three GI levels.

High Glycemic index: fruits and vegetables like corn, cranberry juice, raisins and orange juice (in which sugar is added) come under high GI foods. A food that comes under starch category includes white bread, potato muffins, pasta, refined cereal, bagel, all types of rice and flour.

Medium Glycemic index: fruits and vegetable that comes under medium GI list includes grapes, watermelon, apricots, pineapple and some other fruits. Starch foods that includes medium GI list are Pita bread, French fries, Oatmeal and waffles.

Low Glycemic index: Fruits and vegetables that include low GI list are cherry, apples, cucumber, grapefruit, green bean, broccoli, sprouts, kiwi lettuce, plum, spinach, strawberry, peach, tomato zucchini, orange and cauliflower.

This is the list by which a person gets an idea what to eat according to his needs. A Low GI Food reduces the hunger and makes the person fuller till very long time. Thus the chances of person eating more are reduced, as the person won't feel the hunger. But simply eating low GI index won't give the person a loss in weight. The food should also have low GI load. Low GI index foods along with medium GI load foods would definitely help in reducing the weight of the individuals.