Fruits with high glycaemic index

Move over, gluten, there’s a new bad guy in town: Glucose.

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But the good news is, you can eradicate its acne-inducing, sleep-wrecking, fat-gaining effects and keep the bread basket on the table.

While glucose has always been tracked by people with diabetes and hypoglycemia, it also has a profound effect on the way all of our bodies look and feel.

As glucose, otherwise known as blood sugar, naturally rises and falls throughout the day, studies show that modern food habits can create a “glucose roller coaster” of rapid spikes followed by rapid dips. This can lead to what’s colloquially known as a sugar high: Feeling wired, then irritable and exhausted.

Those spikes also trigger inflammation, which plays a role in Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity and Alzheimer’s.

Jessie Inchauspé, a biochemist, unpacks solutions in her new book &#;Glucose Revolution&#; (Simon & Schuster), out April 5.

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