THEMATIC Thursdays: A Visit to the Glycemic Index Mother-ship

Copyright The Glycemic Index Foundation

Just in time for the BBQ-happy, fireworks-laden weekend of July 4th, when the U.S. celebrates Independence Day, I felt another kind of inner fireworks when I found the 'home of the glycemic index,' as the website run by a department of Australia's University of Sydney, attests. Turns out the GI index and the International GI Database is calculated, and officially maintained, at the university's School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences.

(Note: Low GI index foods (many vegetables) do not raise blood sugar as quickly as high GI index foods (potato chips, bread, candy bars)--meaning you don't sugar-crash as easily and need to fix it with another sugar 'high', which is healthier for your body).

 This is a truly cool site, and not only does it feature the GI database, but some pretty tasty low-GI recipes, too (scroll to the bottom of the preceding link), such as an Indian Couscous recipe (which is a a grain, yes, but one with a relatively low-GI rating; it's not really low enough for me, but you could alter the proportions so that you're using much less relative to other ingredients.).