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Here are some foods with a high glycemic index.  They should be avoided, reduced in our diets, or at least balanced by lower glycemic index foods (such as combining wheat flour with other whole grains):

• sugar, honey, syrups
• potatoes, mashed potatoes
• corn flakes, rice krispies, all other bleached or sweetened cereals
• james and jellies
• fruit cooked in sugar, fruit in syrup
• sweetened drinks, sodas
• industrial fruit juices
• alcohol (except during meals)
  

This post is part of our Food and Health lunchtime series.  Read all of the entries: Food and health: Introduction Food and health: Anti-Cancer Food and health: Inflammation Food and health: Plant food Food and health: Red light and green light foods Food and health: Ancestral diet Food and health: Glycemic index Food and health: High glycemic index foods Food and health: Low glycemic index foods Food and health: Red light foods

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