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Insulin response

Pork and insulin

Pork has an insulin index of about 51 relative to white bread = 100 — moderate — and no glycemic index at all, because it has no carbohydrate.

Insulin index

51

relative to white bread = 100

Moderate
Estimated, not measured. No published insulin index figure exists for this food, so this is extrapolated from foods of the same type. Treat it as a direction, not a reading.

Glycemic index

No response

no carbohydrate to raise blood glucose

None
Estimated, not measured. No published glycemic index figure exists for this food, so this is extrapolated from foods of the same type. Treat it as a direction, not a reading.

This is the part most charts miss.

Pork contains no carbohydrate, so it does not raise blood glucose — and it still asks the pancreas for insulin. Protein does that. A food can be flat on one axis and not the other, which is why these two numbers are measured separately and never calculated from each other.

An index is not a dose

Both numbers describe the food itself, measured against a reference — they do not grow with your portion. The quantity that adds up across a meal is the load: insulin load scales with the energy in what you ate, glycemic load with its available carbohydrate. That is why a steak with no carbohydrate still carries a real insulin load and a glycemic load of zero.

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Related entries

BaconBratwurstChorizoHamHot dogPepperoniPork bellyPork chopPork ribsPork sausagePork shoulderPork tenderloinProsciuttoSalami

Also on this food: its oxalate content, from the same database.

Frequently asked

What is the insulin index of pork?›
About 51 relative to white bread = 100 — moderate. This figure is estimated, not measured — published insulin data covers roughly 38 foods and this is not one of them.
Does pork raise blood sugar?›
No measurable amount. Pork has no carbohydrate for glycemic testing to measure, which is not the same as a glycemic index of zero — it means the question has no answer for this food. Its insulin response is a separate number and is not zero.
Is the insulin index the same as the glycemic index?›
No, and treating them as interchangeable is the most common mistake. Glycemic index tracks blood glucose; the insulin index tracks the insulin actually released. Protein raises insulin while barely moving glucose, so meat, fish and whey score near zero on one axis and well above it on the other.
How does a serving change these numbers?›
It does not. An index is a property of the food, like a percentage — it does not double when you eat twice as much. What scales with your portion is the load, and the scanner works that out from what is actually on the plate (a 3 oz here).

Insulin and glycemic figures are reference values for whole foods, most of them estimated and every one labelled. They are not medical advice, not a prediction of your own response, and independent of the carb alarm. Individual responses vary with the rest of the meal, preparation and the person.

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