When you're at the mercy of blood sugar swings, you feel happy and full of energy one moment and then brain-foggy, exhausted and cranky the next. And if you have chronically high blood sugar due to ...

A low glycemic diet uses the glycemic index to determine which foods are less likely to impact blood sugar levels significantly. Choosing low glycemic foods may help to improve blood sugar regulation ...

Breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day, as it provides energy and essential nutrients to start daily ...

Lauren Silva, a freelance writer in New York City, believes in feeling good in your body and making that experience accessible to everyone across generations. The proof is in her ever-piling browser ...

Need help with glycemic index and glycemic load? Discover how these tools differ, why they matter and which one can better help you better manage your blood sugar levels. Reviewed by Dietitian Emily ...

The glycemic index measures how foods affect your blood sugar. Items with a high glycemic index -- 70 or more -- are digested quickly, causing your blood sugar to spike and then drop rapidly. A diet ...

Karen Della Corte, BYU nutrition and dietetics professor, recently authored a new study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, that developed a national glycemic index (GI) and ...

If you're wondering what to eat before and after a workout, look to the glycemic index. Here's how to plan out your meals. Even with all the information available on what to eat before and after a ...

A Sept. 7 Health article incorrectly said that adding foods with a higher glycemic index can help mute the rise in blood sugar that occurs after consumption of other foods with a high glycemic index.

The glycemic index is a scale that ranks the number of carbohydrates in foods from zero to 100, indicating how quickly a food causes a person’s blood sugar to rise. Foods high on the glycemic index ...

At the most basic level, the glycemic index (GI) is a measure of how quickly a food causes a person’s blood sugar to rise. Foods are ranked on a scale of 0 to 100, with lower numbers indicating that ...