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Carbohydrates Are My Fuel
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The Importance of H2O
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Carbohydrates - What is the Glycemic Index?
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Traveling Nutrition
Make it Lunch Sized at Every Meal
Making the Best Choices When Eating Out
A Multivitamin Every Day
Pre-Workout Nutrition
Fighting Fatigue During Physical Activity
Post-workout Nutrition
Breakfast - The Most Important Meal of the Day - Every Day!
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Carbohydrates - What is the Glycemic Index?

The glycemic effect is the measure of the response of blood sugar (glucose) and insulin concentration to the carbohydrate in a food. The glycemic effect of a food is measured by having a person eat food and then testing the blood to see: 1. How fast and how high the blood sugar level increases. 2. How quickly the blood sugar returns to normal.

Foods that contain carbohydrates that have a low-glycemic effect produce a slow, steady rise on blood sugar. The carbohydrate in foods with a high-glycemic effect causes a rapid rise in blood sugar. The Glycemic Index is a rating system for the glycemic effects of foods.