https://glyccoaid.com/blog/ Articles on blood sugar, supplement labels, ingredients and buying well. en-us Copyright 2026 GlycoAid support@glyccoaid.com (GlycoAid) support@glyccoaid.com (GlycoAid) Static build https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://glyccoaid.com/visuals/mark-192.png https://glyccoaid.com/ 144144 https://glyccoaid.com/blog/when-to-see-a-doctor.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/when-to-see-a-doctor.html Safety Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The readings that mean an appointment, the symptoms that mean today, what actually happens at the visit, and why finding it early is the good outcome. https://glyccoaid.com/blog/turmeric-absorption-problem.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/turmeric-absorption-problem.html Evidence Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Curcumin has thousands of studies and terrible bioavailability. What black pepper does about it, what liposomal formulations claim, and how to read a turmeric label. https://glyccoaid.com/blog/cinnamon-cassia-or-ceylon.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/cinnamon-cassia-or-ceylon.html Safety Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Two different plants sold under one name. One carries coumarin and a tolerable daily intake limit, the other does not. How to tell which you have bought. https://glyccoaid.com/blog/dawn-phenomenon.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/dawn-phenomenon.html Measurement Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Waking glucose is often the highest of the day even after eating nothing for ten hours. The hormone cascade behind it, how to tell it from the Somogyi effect, and what helps. https://glyccoaid.com/blog/glycemic-index-vs-load.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/glycemic-index-vs-load.html Food Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 GI ranks foods by how fast they raise glucose. GL adjusts for how much you actually eat, which is why watermelon and doughnuts swap places. When each number is useful. https://glyccoaid.com/blog/capsule-fillers-explained.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/capsule-fillers-explained.html Label Reading Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The three ingredients under Other Ingredients on almost every capsule label. What each one is for, why magnesium stearate panic is unfounded, and when fillers do matter. https://glyccoaid.com/blog/what-a1c-measures.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/what-a1c-measures.html Measurement Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A1c is an average over months, not a snapshot. How the test works, why it moves slowly, the four conditions that make it unreliable, and what the numbers mean. https://glyccoaid.com/blog/berberine-and-metformin.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/berberine-and-metformin.html Evidence Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Berberine is marketed as nature's metformin. What the two actually share, where the comparison collapses, and what the evidence supports for each. https://glyccoaid.com/blog/the-500mg-arithmetic.html https://glyccoaid.com/blog/the-500mg-arithmetic.html Label Reading Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A proprietary blend is legal, uninformative and easy to check with a calculator. How to work out which names in any blend can possibly be at their research doses.