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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 949851" data-attributes="member: 12578">A definition of GL  from  the Diogenes project website  <a href="http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/research/research-sections/nutrition-health-interventions/gi-database/" target="_blank">http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/research/research-sections/nutrition-health-interventions/gi-database/</a>'GL takes into account the amount of carbohydrate consumed and is a more accurate measure of the impact of a food on blood sugars.'There is a link to an excel  list of the GIs for UK foods. The  GL is  worked out for 100g portions of each food which is what you are using.The highest GL other than glucose on the list is actually cornflakes at 83 (you get a lot of cornflakes in 100g so you would need a very big bowl ,banana is still only 12.Scrambled eggs come in at 1. ( of course the GI only measures carb containing foods not proteins and  we have had many debates on here as to the extent that they raise glucose [cf insulin index])</blockquote>

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