The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
What if you could tell which meals were most likely to make you fat?
What if you could predict when food would hit your bloodstream and schedule exercise to
optimize fat-loss or muscular gain?
What if, as an endurance athlete, you could eat carbs only when you most needed them
instead of guessing with a timer?
The wish list went on and on. Now I just needed to check them off, one by one.
Making a (Wish) List ... And Checking It Twice
After my dinner at Fire y, I immediately started jotting down dream tests, as this little gizmo
seemed capable of clearing up some long- standing theoretical bullsh*t.
I'd long been fascinated by the glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) index, both of
which re ect how much certain foods raise blood sugar levels as compared to a control (usually
white bread or glucose with a designated value of 100). The higher the GI or GL value (the
latter takes into account portion size),23 the more a food causes blood sugar to jump. The more
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