Low-glycemic foods, such as sweet potatoes, rolled oats, chickpeas, and milk, are slower to raise a person’s blood sugar levels than foods with moderate or high scores on the glycemic index (GI).

You may have munched on a date as a part of a charcuterie board or tossed it into a smoothie for a dash of sweetness. But dates have so much more to offer than natural sweetness. Each bite of the ...