Vegetables
Sweet potato (boiled)
Medium-GI; boiling keeps it lower than baking or roasting.
- Glycemic index
- 63
- Medium GI
- Glycemic load
- 13
- Medium load
- Serving
- 1/2 cup
- 20 g carbohydrate
What this means
Sweet potato (boiled) sits in the medium range, so it raises glucose at a moderate pace. Pairing it with protein, fat, or fiber (or keeping the portion modest) softens the curve.
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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