We suggest that you think of the GI as a tool allowing you to choose one food over another in the same food group—the best bread to choose, the best cereal etc.—and don’t get bogged down with figures. A low GI diet is about eating a wide variety of healthy foods that fuel our bodies best—on the whole these are the less processed and wholesome foods that will provide you with carbs in a slow release form. So what’s the take-home message?

• Choose slow carbs, not low carbs
• Use the GI to identify your best carbohydrate choices.
• Take care with portion size with carb-rich foods such as rice or pasta or noodles to limit the overall GL of your diet.