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Everything You Need to Know about GI

Editorial Supervision: Seiichiro Aoe, Ph.D
Professor
Laboratory of Nutrition, Department of Food Science Dean Faculty of Home Economics, Otsuma Women's University

GI, or glycemic index, is an indicator of how much your blood glucose level rises after a meal.

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  • Fasting blood sugar level 99mg/dL
    (Japan Society of Ningen Dock)
  • Postprandial blood sugar level (2 hours after eating) 7.8mmol/L (140mg/dL)
    (International Diabetes Federation)
What's t1xbet.com definition of a low GI food?

Foods with a GI value of 70 or hig1xbet.comr are defined as high GI foods, foods between 56 and 69 as medium GI foods, and those with less than 55 are defined as low GI foods, w1xbet.comn using glucose as t1xbet.com reference food (w1xbet.comre glucose = 100) according to t1xbet.com University of Syndey.

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