Using GL to sort the good, the bad and the suicidal 131 real live human beings and how their blood glucose increases after eating a standard dose of the particular food. How closely the GL of a food will correlate with the amount of carbohydrate or sugar on the food’ s label will depend on a number of factors including what form the carbohydrate takes within the particular food. For example, Froot Loops( GL18) may have more added sugar than Rice Bubbles( GL22) but the latter has a higher GL because the glucose in Rice Bubbles is more readily available and digested into the blood stream. Table sugar actually has a relatively low GL of 6 because it is half fructose which has a very low GL. Do not worry about what amounts of food have been used to calculate GL as it is unhelpful to start using GL to work out a‘ total load’ or allowance for a day. Use GL simply to compare two foods that you could switch between to work out which is the healthier food for you that you like enough to eat long-term. Remember the aim of the game is to make low sacrifice switches that can become part of your new eating lifestyle. Don’ t trust your refrigerator Every great General will tell you that all the great battles were won before the battle began. It’ s a tad too late to realize that you undercatered in the bullet supply department once you are mid-battle. Most successful Generals spent hours thinking through all the possible strategies and counter-strategies well before they started beating the marching drums. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail – nowhere is that more true than with weight loss. It’ s about planning, not selfdiscipline. Refrigerators, like their close relative, the pantry, are crafty devils. Refrigerators typically position themselves strategically in the kitchen for maximum influence. They make themselves useful in so many ways that we come to rely on them for cold drinks, sweet food and even savory food. Most treats are found inside them while the others, like cookies or biscuits, are looked after by their partner in crime, the pantry. Refrigerators are not to be trusted. If there is sweet food in there, research shows, we will ultimately eat it! Self-discipline, that elusive