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The relevance of the glycaemic index to our understanding of dietary carbohydrates
Author(s) -
Frost G.,
Dornhorst A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2000.00266.x
Subject(s) - medicine , glycaemic index , epidemiology , critical appraisal , medline , disease , index (typography) , pregnancy , intensive care medicine , environmental health , diabetes mellitus , gerontology , glycemic index , alternative medicine , endocrinology , pathology , glycemic , world wide web , political science , computer science , law , biology , genetics
Summary Aims To review the evidence for the importance of glycaemic index of dietary carbohydrate in disease prevention and control Methods A critical appraisal of the literature published in English between and cited on Medline between January 1966 and October 1999. Results Using basic, intervention and epidemiological studies from experienced teams, evidence that the glycaemic index of diet may influence outcome in terms of cardiovascular risk, risk of metabolic syndrome diseases and pregnancy was found Conclusions Consideration of glycaemic indices in making dietary recommendations may be expected to produce additional health benefit.