There aren’t many of these, but there are a few.  Some of the vegetables to eat more sparingly are:

beets

butternut squash

cooked carrots

acorn squash

new potatoes

pale skin potatoes

rutabaga

spaghetti squash

sweet corn

You can still have them, as they are nutritious and filling and have only medium GI numbers.  You just don’t want to make these the core vegetables in your daily diet.  You can have them several times a week without giving yourself a setback.

Even fewer are on the red light list.  Here are the ones to eat only occasionally:

French fries  (very occasional!)

baked potato

parsnips

pumpkin

Most of us can live without parsnips, but potatoes have long been a staple in the western diet.  Try eating boiled or grilled new potatoes when you must have them, but it’s time to start substituting other vegetables for these high glycemic ones.  We’ll be talking about lower glycemic options in later posts.