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How Your Two Scores Work

This app uses two separate scores from 0 to 100. Higher is better. Both scores help fast decisions, but they measure different things and different time horizons.

70-100: Good

40-69: Mixed

0-39: Bad

Overview

Use these scores together, but do not treat them as identical. One score is mainly about near-term glucose response, while the other is mainly about longer-term heart/lipid pattern.

Blood Sugar Score estimates short-term glucose impact from the food (roughly the next few hours after eating).
ApoB Score estimates heart-lipid friendliness. It is a proxy for how food patterns may affect atherogenic lipid burden over time.
A food can score differently across the two scores. Example: some foods are glucose-friendly but not lipid-friendly, or vice versa.
If your main goal is blood sugar control right now, prioritize Blood Sugar Score first, then use ApoB Score as a tie-breaker.

Blood Sugar Score (Detailed)

This score focuses on glucose spike risk. It is mostly driven by glycemic load, added sugar, fiber, protein, and refined/liquid sugar penalties.

Practical meaning: this score helps answer, "How likely is this food to push my glucose up quickly?" It is not a lab glucose reading and not a diagnosis tool. It is a consistent decision aid.

available_carbs = max(carbs_g - fiber_g, 0) GL = (GI * available_carbs) / 100 BloodSugarScore = clamp( 100 - 1.8 * GL - 0.7 * added_sugar_g + 0.8 * fiber_g + 0.25 * protein_g - 12 * liquid_sugar_flag - 8 * refined_carb_flag, 0, 100 )

Lower GL, lower added sugar, and higher fiber usually improve score.
Liquid sugar and refined carbs lower the score faster because they are often absorbed quickly.
Protein can modestly improve balance in mixed meals.
Portion still matters. A high score does not mean "unlimited amount."

ApoB Score (Detailed)

This score focuses on likely ApoB/LDL-friendly profile. It penalizes saturated/trans fat and processed red meat, and now also penalizes sugary refined foods so candy-like foods do not look falsely healthy.

Practical meaning: this is a long-run pattern score, not a short-term glucose spike score. It helps separate foods that may be okay for glucose today but less ideal for heart-lipid goals over time.

ApoBScore = clamp( 100 - 5 * saturated_fat_g - 20 * trans_fat_flag - 8 * processed_red_meat_flag + 1.2 * fiber_g + 6 * unsaturated_fat_flag - 1.0 * added_sugar_g - 10 * refined_carb_flag - 8 * liquid_sugar_flag, 0, 100 )

High saturated fat and trans fat lower the score heavily.
Unsaturated fat and fiber improve the score.
Added sugar and refined carbs reduce the score to better reflect processed junk food patterns.
A high ApoB Score is a "more favorable pattern" signal, not a direct measurement of your blood ApoB lab value.

Quick Interpretation

If Blood Sugar Score is low (Bad), treat that as a strong caution for immediate glucose control.
If Blood Sugar Score is good but ApoB Score is weak, consider a small swap (leaner protein, less processed fat, more fiber).
If both are good, that is usually a strong overall choice.