About Glycemic Index
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About Us
Welcome to the home of the glycemic index – the official website for the glycemic index and international GI database based in the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders and Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney.
The website is updated and maintained by the University’s GI Group which includes research scientists and dietitians working in the area of glycemic index, health and nutrition and headed by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller (AM, PhD, FAIFST, FNSA, MAICD) an internationally recognised authority on carbohydrates and the glycemic index with over 250 scientific publications. She is the co-author of many books for the consumer on the glycemic index and health and holds a Personal Chair in Human Nutrition in the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders and Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney.
Measuring the GI
Following the international standard method, the GI value of a food is determined by feeding 10 or more healthy people a portion of the food containing 50 grams of digestible (available) carbohydrate and then measuring the effect on their blood glucose levels over the next two hours. For each person, the area under their two-hour blood glucose response (glucose AUC) for this food is then measured. On another occasion, the same 10 people consume an equal-carbohydrate portion of the sugar glucose (the reference food) and their two-hour blood glucose response is also measured. A GI value for the test food is then calculated for each person by dividing their glucose AUC for the test food by their glucose AUC for the reference food. The final GI value for the test food is the average GI value for the 10 people.The GI of foods has important implications for the food industry. Terms such as complex carbohydrates and simple sugars are now recognised as having little nutritional or physiological significance. The WHO/FAO recommend that these terms be removed and replaced with the total carbohydrate content of the food and its GI value.
Glycemic Index Symbol Program: www.gisymbol.com
The GI Symbol Program was launched in Australia in 2002 to help consumers identify the GI of foods. Foods that carry the symbol are guaranteed to have been properly tested by an accredited laboratory using the international standard.
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Monday, April 9, 2018
Glycemic Index
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