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A measure of how dramatically a food storms your bloodstream with sugar.
means Relating to the level of glucose in your blood, especially how fast a food raises it.
from From Greek glykys, sweet, plus haima, blood — literally sweet-blood, the body's sugar weather report.
Glycemic indexRanks foods by blood-sugar speed, zero to 100.
Reference pointPure glucose sets the scale at 100.
Surprise rankerWatermelon spikes faster than ice cream.