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Glycemic index of foods by name: W
Comprehensive list of foods with their glycemic index values. In general, the higher the glycemic index, the higher the chance of sugar rush and crash, leading to overeating, weight gain, and increased risk of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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Insulin resistance causes weight gain
It is important to realize that insulin resistance that affects up to 71 percent of the population in the United States and similar percent of the population in many countries, leads to weight gain and obesity, and not otherway around.
Obesity and insulin resistance
The popular notion that obesity is the cause of insulin resistance is recently disproven and it now is recognized that obesity is a result of the underlying metabolic process caled insulin resistance in most people.
A diet low in glycemic index or glycemic load, with adequate protein, and fiber can help reduce the risk of excess weight gain by reducinginsulin resistance.
The glycemic index is classified in to Low GI or Glycemic Index, medium GI, and high GI based on the glycemic index of foods.
- Low glycemic index foods have a GI value of 55 or less
- Medium glycemic Index foods have a GI value of between 56 - 69
- High glycemic Index foods have a GI value of 70 or more
How do they determine the glycemic index of foods?
The glycemic index is a number obtained by monitoring a persons blood sugar after eating the food which in turn signifies how much of the anabolic(body building) hormone, insulin, is needed to utilize the carbohydrate and how quickly does the body has to produce this hormone called insulin.
Glycemic index of foods by name
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z
Glycemic index of Foods Starting With Letter W
| Description of food item | Glycemic Index |
|---|---|
| Waffle, 100% whole wheat or 100% whole grain | 76.0 |
| Waffle, fruit | 76.0 |
| Waffle, multi-bran | 76.0 |
| Waffle, nut and honey | 76.0 |
| Waffle, oat bran | 76.0 |
| Waffle, plain | 76.0 |
| Waffle, plain, fat free | 76.0 |
| Waffle, plain, lowfat | 76.0 |
| Waffle, wheat, bran, or multigrain | 76.0 |
| Walnuts | 20.0 |
| Water chestnut | 32.0 |
| Watercress, raw | 32.0 |
| Watermelon, raw | 72.0 |
| Weetabix Whole Wheat Cereal | 70.0 |
| Welsh rarebit | 27.0 |
| Wheat Chex | 58.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, instant, fat added in cooking | 74.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, instant, fat not added in cooking | 74.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, instant, NS as to fat added in cooking | 74.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, made with milk | 49.8 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, NS as to regular, quick, or instant, fat not added in cooking | 66.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, NS as to regular, quick, or instant, NS as to fat added in cooking | 66.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, quick, fat added in cooking | 66.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, quick, fat not added in cooking | 66.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, quick, NS as to fat added in cooking | 66.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, regular, fat added in cooking | 66.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, regular, fat not added in cooking | 66.0 |
| Wheat, cream of, cooked, regular, NS as to fat added in cooking | 66.0 |
| Wheat, puffed, plain | 74.0 |
| Wheat, puffed, presweetened with sugar | 71.0 |
| Wheaties | 37.0 |
| Wheaties, Honey Frosted (formerly Wheaties Honey Gold) | 72.0 |
| Whipped cream substitute, nondairy, lowfat, low sugar, made from powdered mix | 55.4 |
| Whipped cream substitute, nondairy, made from powdered mix | 55.4 |
| Whipped topping, nondairy, frozen | 55.4 |
| Whipped topping, nondairy, frozen, lowfat | 55.4 |
| Whipped topping, nondairy, NS as to canned, frozen, or made from powdered mix | 55.4 |
| Whipped topping, nondairy, pressurized can | 55.4 |
| Whiskey | 50.0 |
| White beans, dry, cooked, fat added in cooking | 13.0 |
| White beans, dry, cooked, fat not added in cooking | 13.0 |
| White beans, dry, cooked, NS as to fat added in cooking | 13.0 |
| White potato skins, chips | 54.0 |
| White potato skins, with adhering flesh, baked | 72.5 |
| White potato, baked, peel eaten, fat added in cooking | 72.5 |
| White potato, baked, peel eaten, fat not added in cooking | 72.5 |
| White potato, baked, peel eaten, NS as to fat added in cooking | 72.5 |
| White potato, baked, peel not eaten | 72.5 |
| White potato, boiled, with peel, fat added in cooking | 47.7 |
| White potato, boiled, with peel, fat not added in cooking | 66.2 |
| White potato, boiled, with peel, NS as to fat added in cooking | 47.7 |
| White potato, boiled, without peel, canned, low sodium, fat not added in cooking | 63.0 |
| White potato, boiled, without peel, fat added in cooking | 66.2 |
| White potato, boiled, without peel, fat not added in cooking | 66.2 |
| White potato, boiled, without peel, NS as to fat added in cooking | 66.2 |
| White potato, chips | 54.0 |
| White potato, chips, fat free | 54.0 |
| White potato, chips, reduced fat | 54.0 |
| White potato, chips, restructured | 54.0 |
| White potato, chips, restructured, baked | 54.0 |
| White potato, chips, restructured, reduced fat and reduced sodium | 54.0 |
| White potato, chips, unsalted | 54.0 |
| White potato, chips, unsalted, reduced fat | 54.0 |
| White potato, cooked, with cheese | 69.3 |
| White potato, cooked, with sauce, NS as to sauce | 67.3 |
| White potato, french fries, breaded or battered | 75.0 |
| White potato, french fries, from fresh, deep fried | 75.0 |
| White potato, french fries, from frozen, deep fried | 75.0 |
| White potato, french fries, from frozen, oven baked | 75.0 |
| White potato, french fries, NS as to from fresh or frozen | 75.0 |
| White potato, from complete dry mix, mashed, made with water | 85.0 |
| White potato, from dry, mashed, made with milk and fat | 85.0 |
| White potato, from dry, mashed, made with milk, fat and egg | 85.0 |
| White potato, from dry, mashed, made with milk, no fat | 85.0 |
| White potato, from dry, mashed, NS as to milk or fat | 85.0 |
| White potato, from fresh, mashed, made with fat | 79.3 |
| White potato, from fresh, mashed, made with milk | 79.3 |
| White potato, from fresh, mashed, made with milk and fat | 79.3 |
| White potato, from fresh, mashed, made with milk, fat and cheese | 79.3 |
| White potato, from fresh, mashed, not made with milk or fat | 79.3 |
| White potato, from fresh, mashed, NS as to milk or fat | 79.3 |
| White potato, hash brown, from dry mix | 75.0 |
| White potato, hash brown, from fresh | 75.0 |
| White potato, hash brown, from frozen | 75.0 |
| White potato, hash brown, NS as to from fresh, frozen, or dry mix | 75.0 |
| White potato, hash brown, with cheese | 75.0 |
| White potato, home fries | 75.0 |
| White potato, home fries, with green or red peppers and onions | 75.0 |
| White potato, mashed, NFS | 79.3 |
| White potato, NFS | 66.2 |
| White potato, roasted, fat added in cooking | 72.5 |
| White potato, roasted, fat not added in cooking | 72.5 |
| White potato, roasted, NS as to fat added in cooking | 72.5 |
| White potato, scalloped | 68.6 |
| White potato, scalloped, with ham | 68.6 |
| White potato, sticks | 54.0 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel eaten, NS as to topping | 69.7 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel eaten, stuffed with broccoli and cheese sauce | 70.1 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel eaten, stuffed with cheese | 70.1 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel eaten, stuffed with meat in cream sauce | 68.8 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel eaten, stuffed with sour cream | 69.7 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel not eaten, NS as to topping | 69.5 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel not eaten, stuffed with bacon and cheese | 69.2 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel not eaten, stuffed with broccoli and cheese sauce | 69.2 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel not eaten, stuffed with cheese | 69.2 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel not eaten, stuffed with chicken, broccoli and cheese sauce | 69.2 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel not eaten, stuffed with chili | 66.8 |
| White potato, stuffed, baked, peel not eaten, stuffed with sour cream | 68.7 |
| White sauce, milk sauce | 27.0 |
| Whiting, baked or broiled | 50.0 |
| Whiting, battered, fried | 95.0 |
| Whiting, floured or breaded, fried | 95.0 |
| Whole wheat cereal, cooked, fat added in cooking | 48.0 |
| Whole wheat cereal, cooked, fat not added in cooking | 48.0 |
| Whole wheat cereal, cooked, NS as to fat added in cooking | 48.0 |
| Whole wheat cereal, wheat and barley, cooked, fat not added in cooking | 36.5 |
| Whole wheat cereal, wheat and barley, cooked, NS as to fat added in cooking | 36.5 |
| Wine cooler | 50.0 |
| Wine, dessert, sweet | 50.0 |
| Wine, light | 50.0 |
| Wine, light, nonalcoholic | 50.0 |
| Wine, rice | 50.0 |
| Wine, table, dry | 50.0 |
| Winter melon, cooked | 32.0 |
Also see
- Glycemic index
- Insulin resistance
- Sugar rush and crash
- Metabolic syndrome
- Acanthosis nigricans
- Type 2 diabetes
- Why look at GI value of foods?
- GI values of common foods
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