What is the Glycemic Index?

Many low carb diets talk about the glycemic index. What does this mean? The glycemic index is a way of trying to figure out how much a food will raise your blood glucose. Since low carb diets work by producing a smaller rise in blood sugar (all carbohydrates are broken down into sugar in your body), knowing the right foods to eat is important. The glycemic index is not a perfect measure, but it can give us a clue.

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• What is the Glycemic Index?
  
  
• List of Foods and the Glycemic Index of Each
  
  
• Is the Glycemic Index Useful?
  
  
• What is the Glycemic Load?