The field of nutrition is awash with charts, tables, diagrams,
models, acronyms, and abbreviations; more than the average person
can memorize. As such, one often comes across someone who has simply
burnt out trying to keep track of how much to eat, when to eat it,
how to find the calories from fat, the RDI, the DV, and so on. There
is an overkill of useful information within the nutrition field, and
it can ironically provoke one to grow weary and exhausted, tune out,
and go grab a fast food burger.
Yet every once in a while, a concept within the nutrition field
emerges that truly demands attention. Over a decade ago, the USDA’s
“Food Pyramid” was one such concept because it helped eaters
discover how many gaps existed in their typical daily diet. Now, as
the Food Pyramid begins to take a new shape, and as the nutrition
field works to establishes itself as the most important branch of
health care in the 21st century, an invention called the Glycemic
Index is taking center stage.
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