Glycemic Index

So what is a Glycemic Index?

• Refers to the potential a food has to raise the glucose level
• High glycemic foods..raise the level quickly  ( trigger a surge in Insulin)
• Low glycemic food  raise  the level slow or moderately slow..
• The sugar content alone does not determine the GI it is the absorption rate that does

What is Glycemic load

• If the amount of CHO a food contains X it GI
• Glycemic load is a better predictor