date:Jul 29, 2015
s other uses, tormenting high school students among them, calculus is used to calculate the area under a curve, such as the curve representing fluctuations in blood sugar, or insulin, following a meal or snack. Foods that cause that area to spike are highly glycemic, foods that don't are low-glycemic, and there are important associations between the glycemic properties of foods and health effects. Generally, when sugar is intrinsic to a food, as in fruit and vegetables, the glycemic load tends t