Andrew Huberman· PhD
The glycemic index is a measure of how quickly blood sugar rises after ingesting particular foods.
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The glycemic index is a measure of how quickly blood sugar rises after ingesting particular foods.
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And very broadly speaking, we can say that there are low glycemic index foods, of less than 55, typically, is the measurement, or medium glycemic index foods, which go from about 55 to 69, and then so called high glycemic foods, which are above 70.
What I'm talking about is the so-called glycemic index, which is basically a measurement of how high and to some extent how fast blood sugar rises in response to ingesting particular foods. And very broadly speaking, we can say that there are low glycemic index foods of less than 55 typically is the measurement or medium glycemic index foods which go from about 55 to 69 and then so-called high glycemic foods which are above 70.