They include some fruit and vegetables, pulses and wholegrain foods, such as porridge oats.
Some low GI foods, such as wholegrain foods, fruit, vegetables, beans and lentils, are foods we should eat as part of a healthy, balanced diet.
However, as the NHS points out, using the glycaemic index to decide whether foods or combinations of foods are healthy can be misleading.
The health body explains: “Foods with a high GI are not necessarily unhealthy and not all foods with a low GI are healthy.”
