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Do Sri Lankan meals help decrease blood glucose response?

Author(s) -

Usha Hettiaratchi,

Sagarika Ekanayake,

J. Welihinda

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

ceylon medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2386-1274

pISSN - 0009-0875

DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v54i2.793

Subject(s) - ceylon , medical journal , medicine , sri lanka , alternative medicine , family medicine , relevance (law) , public health , library science , medical education , south asia , nursing , law , pathology , ancient history , political science , computer science , history

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has rapidly increased in Asian countries including Sri Lanka during the past decade. Scientific data on postprandial glycaemic influence of common meals is essential when formulating diets. Objectives of this study were to analyse glycaemic indices (GI) of five common meals and effects of macronutrients, sources of carbohydrates, and physicochemical properties of starch on observed GI values.

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