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What is the difference between Glycaemic Index and Glycaemic Load?

What is the difference between Glycaemic Index and Glycaemic Load?

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Asked by Millie Brown, Last updated: Dec 05, 2024

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Answered Mar 21, 2020

GI of a food is the time it takes for carbs to be converted into glucose in your blood stream and GL is the total amount of carbs in one serving of a food. So a high GI food may be a low GL. They are not the same. I would place more importance in the GL of a food.

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