3. Broccoli
When looking at low carb diets, a lot of people get confused and wonder whether they should still be eating vegetables and fruits. After all, a vegetable is still a carb right? It’s certainly not a protein or a fat…
Well, the reality is that no food is purely carb or fat. This is why it also makes more sense to stop worrying about the food group and instead to think about what the food’s impact is on the body. Hence ‘low Gi’ rather than ‘low carb’ (this diet is also sometimes called the slow carb diet).
Broccoli is a carb and a protein and is high in fiber. This means that the small amount of sugar absorbs slowly, giving this an excellent GI of 10. That means you can eat as much as you want and enjoy low blood sugar still!