Lessen Your Sugar Load using the Glycemic Index

Eat Healthier Using using the Glycemic Index

The glycemic index (GI) ranks  foods based on their glycemic effect.  Using the  glycemic index, you can learn how quickly a food choice will spike your blood sugar levels.  The GI is  used to classify carbohydrate foods for various applications, including diabetes, sports, and appetite research.
Awareness of the GI index of the foods you choose to eat can help you to select foods with a beneficial effect on your blood sugar levels.  This may help you to avoid diabetes, weight gain or other health problems.
Whole grains provide more nutrition than processed and refined grains.   Whole grains contain more fiber, and nutrients, allowing them to enter your blood stream slower.  The image below helps one to identify strategies to improve the glycemic load of  foods you eat , increasing the nutritional value and lowering the glycemic index.

For a complete list of the glycemic index of foods, find here at the University of Sydney.

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Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (CNRC)