Editing Glycemic load (section)

{{Short description|Estimate of how a quantity of food will raise a blood glucose level}}
The '''glycemic load (GL)''' of food is a number that estimates how much the food will raise a person's [[blood glucose level]] after it is eaten. One unit of glycemic load approximates the effect of eating one gram of glucose.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glycemic Load Defined|url=http://www.glycemic.com/GlycemicIndex-LoadDefined.htm|publisher=Glycemic Research Institute|access-date=8 February 2013|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927161417/http://www.glycemic.com/GlycemicIndex-LoadDefined.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Glycemic load accounts for how much [[carbohydrate]] is in the food and how much each gram of carbohydrate in the food raises blood glucose levels. Glycemic load is based on the [[glycemic index]] (GI), and is calculated by multiplying the weight of available carbohydrate in the food (in grams) by the food's glycemic index, and then dividing by 100.