Use case · Metabolic health
The index describes the food.
The load describes your plate
Published glycemic index, and a glycemic load computed for the grams you actually logged, never for a serving somebody else chose
How it
works?
Simple inputs → clearer patterns → practical routines
- 01 Log the plate
The carbohydrate that matters is the available carbohydrate, and we do that subtraction consistently.
- 02 Read the load
Index times available carbohydrate divided by one hundred, at your portion.
- 03 Compare servings
Half the rice and the load halves with it. The index does not move at all.
Why this
helps?
- Load, not just index
Glycemic index is measured on a fixed 50 g carbohydrate test dose, which is what makes foods comparable and what makes it a poor description of dinner.
- One consistent subtraction
EU labels already exclude fibre from carbohydrate; US labels do not. Subtracting twice is the most common error in this whole subject, and the app does it once.
- No spike predictions
Published values describe foods measured in isolation. Individual responses vary, and mixed meals vary more. We will not sell you a forecast.
What you’ll get in
the first week.
Focus on fast wins first, then build confidence with a weekly summary that’s easy to act on.
Log a normal day and read the load per meal
Try one swap: a smaller serving, or a variety with a lower published index
Compare the two weeks at the plate level, not the food-name level
Frequently asked
questions.
Glycemic index and load, computed honestly.
What is the difference between GI and GL?+
Index is a property of the food, tested on a fixed 50 g carbohydrate dose. Load scales that index to the carbohydrate in your actual serving: index times available carbohydrate divided by 100.
What counts as a high glycemic load?+
Per serving, 10 or below is low, 11 to 19 medium, and 20 or above high. Daily totals are often quoted as under 100 low and over 120 high, but we could not trace those to any authoritative source.
Does this predict my blood glucose?+
No. These are published food values and arithmetic on them, not a prediction of your response. Anyone selling a personal spike forecast from published GI is overselling it.
Do you connect to a glucose monitor?+
No. 3sense Food reads food, not sensors.
Where do the index values come from?+
The international glycemic index tables and the University of Sydney database, with composition from USDA FoodData Central. Where a value does not exist for a food, the app says so instead of estimating one.
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