The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively newer and better way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption on your blood sugar. The glycemic load gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone; it takes into account how much carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You n...
A food that perhaps best highlights the difference between glycemic index and glycemic load is spaghetti. Both whole grain spaghetti and spaghetti made from white flour are considered low GI (48 and 49, respectively). However, whole wheat spaghetti has a medium GL (14) while regular, white flo...
FoodChart 1 Copyright©2005-2009.Allrightsreservedbyauthor1-800-813-1927 Excerptfrom“DeathtoDiabetes”.DeathToDiabetes Body MindSpirit Body MindSpirit GlycemicIndexandGlycemicLoadFoodChart Thefollowingtableprovidestheglycemicindex(GI)andglycemicload(GL)values ...
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the intervention and the control food differ largely between the studies. Of the included studies, mainly vegetable oils (corn, sunflower, linseed, and olives) functioned as control for both fish and fish oil interventions, and for different vegetable oils. Hence, the studies are comparing PUFAs...