Maintaining healthy blood sugar levels is essential to your overall health and weight management for several reasons. If your blood sugar is too high all the time, it can lead to permanent damage to ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Eating foods less likely to spike your blood sugar, which rank low on the glycemic index, is a part of most healthy diets. For example, we've heard it's better to eat brown rice ...

IF YOU FORGOT about the glycemic index after learning about it in middle school health class—there might be a reason. “The lower the GI number, the slower and smaller release of blood sugar in the ...

Low-glycemic foods are a key component of overall wellness — they are digested and absorbed more slowly, meaning that when we eat them, we feel fuller for longer. A diet of these foods supports weight ...

The glycemic index (GI) is a measure that classifies foods according to the speed at which they raise blood glucose levels. It is especially important for people who want to control their blood ...

The glycemic index in foods is used to see how much a food will affect blood sugar levels, but how accurate is it? Experts weigh in. When it comes to healthy eating, it’s official: added sugar is a ...

A Sept. 7 Health article incorrectly said that adding foods with a higher glycemic index can help mute the rise in blood sugar that occurs after consumption of other foods with a high glycemic index.