Sentences with phrase «ranks food containing carbohydrates»

The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical index and measuring system that ranks food containing carbohydrates based upon their glycemic response (or the impact they have on blood sugar levels).

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For those not entirely sure what the GI scale of 0 to 100 means, this index ranks carbohydrate - containing foods.

James E. Gangwisch, PhD, assistant professor at Columbia University in the department of psychiatry, wanted to find out whether foods with a higher glycemic index (GI)-- a scale that ranks carbohydrate - containing foods by how much they raise your blood sugar — would be associated with greater odds of depression.

The GI measures how much a carbohydrate - containing food raises blood glucose — ranked in comparison to a reference food, such as white bread.

Glycemic index, or GI, is a ranking of carbohydrate containing foods on a scale of zero to 100 according to how quickly these foods raise your blood sugar level after consumption.