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glycemic index

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002912

A scale of the effects of foods on blood glucose concentrations shortly after ingestion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002912
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectHuman Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
Synonymsglycaemic index
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsonutritive value; food composition; glycemic effect; blood glucose; diabetes; carbohydrate metabolism; glucose tolerance tests; glycemic load; insulin
TranslationsSpanish: índice glucémico
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002912",
  "term": "glycemic index",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A scale of the effects of foods on blood glucose concentrations shortly after ingestion.",
  "synonyms": [
    "glycaemic index"
  ],
  "subject": "Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality",
  "see_also": [
    "nutritive value",
    "food composition",
    "glycemic effect",
    "blood glucose",
    "diabetes",
    "carbohydrate metabolism",
    "glucose tolerance tests",
    "glycemic load",
    "insulin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "índice glucémico"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/glycemic-index/"
}

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