Most people can see the faint bluish line of their radial artery; place your fingertips here. Count the beats for 1 minute. Or, if you have a short attention span, count for 30 seconds and multiply by 2. During your workout, take your pulse about every 15 minutes and be sure to concentrate. You may want to slow down or even stop while you take your pulse.
High (avoid / limit) = 21+. Questions about portions and glycemic load is one of the most common questions we receive. To understand it, you need to first have a basic understanding of the glycemic index itself. Without a glycemic index for a given food, you can't calculate it's glycemic load. Reference: See our glycemic index chart for a full table listing of food GI and GL scores.
But the glycemic index does not take into account the amount of carbohydrate in a food. So glycemic load is a better indicator of how a carbohydrate food will affect blood sugar. Here's a chart with carbohydrate foods' GL and GI . Q: If a food has a high glycemic index and a low glycemic load -- like graham crackers have a GI of 74 and a GL of 8.1 -- how will that affect your blood sugar? SW: Food ranked high on the GI may represent a huge portion of a food because GI is not based on standard serving sizes.