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High Glycaemic Index Foods: Contributors to Disease

The glycaemic index is a measure of the speed of digestion of carbohydrate and the subsequent absorption of glucose from foods. Obviously for this reason the glycaemic index is only applied to carbohydrate containing foods. Foods with a high glycaemic … Continue reading

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