Green plantain, boiled
Fruit
Still mostly starch before it ripens, and much of it digests slowly, so it sits well below the ripe fruit.
- Glycemic index
- 40
- Low GI
- Glycemic load
- 15
- Medium load
- Serving
- 1 cup sliced
- 38 g carbohydrate
- As teaspoons of sugar
- 5.8
- Teaching comparison for this serving, not a lab value. Your meter is the experiment.
What this means
As a low-GI food, green plantain, boiled releases glucose slowly, so it tends to produce a gentle, sustained rise rather than a sharp spike, easier on your time in range.
Glycemic index measures speed; glycemic load measures the impact of the amount you actually eat. The best read is your own: a post-meal reading shows how your body handled it.
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GI is a rounded published reference and shifts with ripeness, processing, and the rest of your meal. General information, not medical advice.
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