Keeping your kitchen stocked with low-glycemic staples helps you adhere to a low-glycemic lifestyle. When you can easily make food in your own kitchen, you're more likely to make lifelong changes. Here is a master grocery list of low-glycemic foods to get you started.
| Food Type | Low-Glycemic Options |
|---|---|
| Breads | Ezekiel Sprouted-Grain Bread |
| Natural Ovens Hunger-Filler Bread | |
| Grains | Uncle Ben's Converted Rice |
| Brown rice | |
| Cheese Tortellini | |
| Bulgur | |
| Pearl barley | |
| Quinoa | |
| Dairy | Low-fat yogurt |
| Fat-free milk | |
| Cheese | |
| Low-fat cottage cheese | |
| Fruit | Any fresh fruit |
| Fruit canned in its own juice | |
| Fresh or frozen berries | |
| Vegetables | Fresh, frozen, or canned (except for potatoes, which are high-glycemic |
| Protein foods | Chicken |
| Lean beef | |
| Dried or canned legumes | |
| Nuts | |
| Tofu/tempeh | |
| Eggs | |
| Lean deli meats | |
| Fish or seafood |