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Carbohydrates and carbohydrate foods and postprandial glycemic control in healthy or diabetic individuals

Carbohydrates and carbohydrate foods and postprandial glycemic control in healthy or diabetic individuals

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Abstract Nutritional management of blood glucose levels is a strategic target in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). To implement such an approach it is essential to understand the effect of food on glycaemic regulation and on the underlying metabolic derangements. This comprehensive review summarises the results from...

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... and quality of evidence was assigned according to guidelines from Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine available at http://www.cebm.net/?oD1116. Strategy for identifying data for extraction and summarizing study findings are detailed in Tables 1-9 and include: Type of Study, Food source (including physical characteristics and delivery), Control, Population Group, Methodology, Study Duration, Primary and Secondary Outcomes, and References. In addi- tion to inclusion of data regarding PPG, outputs considering impact of dietary components on blood glucose regulation were also included, as this was considered to be relevant. ...
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... trials on fiber foods and supplements: Recently, an obvious reappearance in the research interest on the role of DF in the regulation of glycemic and insulinemic responses in individuals with T2DM has emerged. Until now, a large number of postprandial studies involving different fiber types, either in the form of unprocessed foods or as isolated DF supplements, have been carried out in people with T2DM (Table 1 & 2). Additionally, data are derived from a few lon- ger-term dietary interventions in which either modified total diets or individual fiber products were served to individuals with T2DM for periods from two weeks up to one year ( Table 2). ...
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... randomized short-term trials clearly indicate that espe- cially soluble fibers with viscous properties (e.g., gluco- mannan, guar gum, psyllium, b-glucan) exert acute improvements in glucose and insulin responses in individuals with T2DM (Table 1). Guar gum (GG), an example of such a water-soluble nonstarch polysaccharide, has shown both glu- cose and insulin lowering properties ( Ellis et al., 1991;Golay et al., 1995), and psyllium fiber administered to NIDDM patients immediately before breakfast and dinner lowered postprandial glucose by 14% at breakfast and 20% at dinner compared to placebo. ...

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