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The Trouble with Sugar

Maintenance Phase

CHAPTER

The Glycemic Index

The glycemic index is a scale plotted from zero to 100. It was created by Welsh physician and sixth generation doctor named David Jenkins. He would feed volunteers one food on its own, then measure how that food had impacted their blood sugar.

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