Table 5 Summary of mean and median Glycaemic Load of food items and meals for the 6 month trial period from all subjects

Mean item GL low GI diet

6.64

8.58

9.65

8.89

8.15

Mean item GL healthy eating diet

8.60

9.15

10.18

10.94

9.81

Median item GL low GI diet

1.86

4.38

4.48

4.45

3.54

Median item GL healthy eating diet

2.06

4.48

4.53

6.86

4.48

Mean meal GL low GI diet

21.34

27.43

24.72

22.56

24.16

Mean meal GL healthy eating diet

26.86

29.90

31.00

33.73

30.40

Median meal GL low GI diet

18.55

22.55

23.45

18.83

20.28

Median meal GL healthy eating diet

24.40

25.36

28.53

25.34

26.79