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The glycemic index: a quick guide

The glycemic index is a tool to help you choose which carbohydrate foods to eat. This resource is a quick guide to the glycemic index (GI) and includes:

  • what is the glycemic index
  • ways to eat lower GI.
The glycemic index quick guide

This is a quick guide to the glycemic index (GI). GI is a tool to help you choose which carbohydrate foods to eat. GI ranks how quickly or slowly carb foods affect blood glucose levels.

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This resource is based on the fact sheet below.

The glycemic index fact sheet

The glycemic index (GI) is one tool that can help you choose which carb foods to eat. The GI ranks how quickly or slowly carb foods affect blood glucose levels.

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