Ke makemake ʻoe e pōmaikaʻi i ke komo pono ʻana o ke kō i loko o nā hunaola a no laila ʻoluʻolu i ka ikehu paʻa i ka lā holoʻokoʻa, pono ʻoe e nānā i ka papa inoa glycemic (GI) o nā meaʻai. Hōʻalo kēia i ka hele ʻana i kahi pae o hypoglycemia ukali ʻia e ka hyperglycemia, a laila hoʻi e hypoglycemia. Holo nā kō i kā mākou meaʻai i ka mea ʻoi aku a liʻiliʻi paha ma o ka paia o ka ʻōpū e kahe i loko o ke koko a laila i nā pūnaewele kahi lākou e komo ai e puhi a mālama ʻia. ʻO ia ka papa kuhikuhi glycemic (GI) e hāʻawi ana i ke ana o kēia wikiwiki.

Un haʻahaʻa a kaulike paha i ka meaʻai GI mea pono no ka mea kōkua ia i ke kaohi kō kō (= pae kō kō). a ʻai GI kiʻekiʻe hoʻopau i ka insulin i hana ʻia e ka pancreas (= hōmona e pahu i ke kō i loko o ka pūnaewele a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā pae kō kō) a paipai i nā "kuko" a me ke kaupaona ʻana ma ka mālama ʻana i ke kō kō ʻole.