What’s on the Glycaemic Index poster
A 3-row table: Band · GI · Examples.
GI ranks how quickly a carbohydrate raises blood glucose, against pure glucose at 100.
- Low — ≤ 55 — Most vegetables, pulses, oats
- Medium — 56–69 — Wholemeal bread, basmati rice
- High — ≥ 70 — White bread, potatoes, cornflakes
Watermelon has a high GI and a low glycaemic load, because a portion contains little carbohydrate. Load is the practical number.
Questions about the Glycaemic Index poster
- What’s on the Glycaemic Index poster?
- A 3-row table: Band · GI · Examples. GI ranks how quickly a carbohydrate raises blood glucose, against pure glucose at 100. Low — ≤ 55 — Most vegetables, pulses, oats; Medium — 56–69 — Wholemeal bread, basmati rice; High — ≥ 70 — White bread, potatoes, cornflakes. Watermelon has a high GI and a low glycaemic load, because a portion contains little carbohydrate. Load is the practical number.
- Who is the Glycaemic Index poster for?
- Glycaemic Index belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning nutrition can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Glycaemic Index poster?
- GI ranks a food; glycaemic load accounts for how much you actually eat. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Glycaemic Index belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Glycaemic Index?
- Added Sugar, Alcohol Units and Caffeine sit alongside Glycaemic Index in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Added SugarAlcohol UnitsCaffeine
- Is the Glycaemic Index poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Glycaemic Index downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Glycaemic Index poster print at?
- Glycaemic Index is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Glycaemic Index loses nothing.Printing guide
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