Glycemic Index For Almonds

Almonds in a small white bowl on a wooden table

Image Credit: Serghei Platonov/iStock/Getty Images The glycemic index is a measurement of the effect that carbohydrates have on blood sugar. Eating too much food that has a high glycemic index may impact your ability to control your blood sugar over time. Being unable to control your blood sugar could lead to conditions such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome. The good news is, almonds will not affect your blood sugar.

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Almonds and Blood Sugar

Foods are assigned a score based on their ability to raise blood sugar in relation to pure glucose, which has a GI of 100. High GI foods, such as white bread, have a rating over 70. Medium GI foods, such as oatmeal, have a rating between 56 and 69. Low GI foods, such as apples, have a rating of 55 and below. Almonds have a GI of 0, which means that they do not impact blood sugar levels at all.

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  references
  
      Nutrition411.com: Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load
    
      Al Sears, MD: Glycemic Index
       




  references
  
      Nutrition411.com: Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load
    
      Al Sears, MD: Glycemic Index
    




Almonds in a small white bowl on a wooden table

Image Credit: Serghei Platonov/iStock/Getty Images

Image Credit: Serghei Platonov/iStock/Getty Images

      Nutrition411.com: Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load
    
      Al Sears, MD: Glycemic Index