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Glycemic index and glycemic load for 100+ foods: Measuring carbohydrate effects can help glucose management

Glycemic index and glycemic load offer information about how foods afglycemix loadfect blood sugar and insulin.

The lower a food’s glycemic index or glycemic load, the less it affects blood sugar and insulin levels. The glycemic index is a scientifically calculated number that was found by researchers via clinical trials. A scale of 0-100 is used to determine how rapidly the carbohydrates in a food will turn into sugar in the human body. Pure sugar, for instance, has a glycemic index of 100.

The glycemic load simply multiplies that number by the amount of carbohydrates that is in a food and that is then divided by 100. This makes it possible for a food like watermelon to have a high glycemic index but low glycemic load. These numbers can be impacted by the amount of fat or fiber that is in a food, and they can be impacted further still by the size of the portion consumed.

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One of a the very few physicians in the Greater Philadelphia area recognized as a “Top Doctor” for the past 12 years by Philadelphia Magazine, Dr. Matt Schwartz has been in private practice since 2007. He is triple board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine, and Integrative Holistic Medicine.

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