GI lunch and snacks - 22 foods to eat more of...
GI lunch - eat more of....
- Open sandwiches on rye or wholegrain bread
- Wholemeal pita breads
- Baked sweet potatoes
- Cracked wheat, pasta and noodles
- Baked beans
- Vegetable soups with pulses or barley
- Salads made with beans, nuts and pulses
- Fresh fruit
- Naturally low-fat cheeses, such as ricotta, Edam or cottage cheese or low-fat varieties of feta and Cheddar cheese
- Lean meat, fish and chicken
- Raw vegetables such as grated carrot in a salad or sticks of celery and florets of broccoli and cauliflower used as crudités
- Salad dressings made from lemon juice and vinegars
GI SNACKS - eat more...
- Oat-based snacks, such as low-fat flapjack or yoghurt topped with muesli
- Fresh fruit, such as grapes, diced pineapple, puréed mango and banana in a smoothie, or freshly sliced kiwi fruit
- Nuts and seeds
- Fruit cake
- Oatmeal biscuits and muffins
- Low-fat yoghurts
- Dried fruit
- Lentil spreads and hoummus with vegetable crudités, such as celery and carrot sticks and broccoli and cauliflower florets
- Wholegrain and rye breads
- Good-quality chocolate (70 per cent cocoa content or above)