What is GL or Glycaemic Load?
Glycaemic Index in itself is not actually very helpful until we understand how much of the food we are eating is turning into Glucose. We need to know how fast and how much. Eating a lot of low GI foods may seem OK but – combined with a lack of exercise – you are still going to get too much glucose in the blood, albeit slowly. Glycaemic Load measures the GI and the amount of carbohydrate in the food. Low GL foods ensure not only a slow release of glucose into the blood stream but also a control over the amount. Low GL foods tend to be low carb but high in fibre and essential vitamins and minerals. As an example if you eat a Mars bar it is technically a medium GI food (which is considered to be good) but the danger sign is that it’s High GL. In contrast, watermelon is High GI but it has very little sugar in it, so it is low GL. All Go Lower foods are Low GL and Low GI and we go one step further. We then think about the real intensity of the food from a nutrient position. So if it doesn’
