The glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) of four culinary preferences including five local street dishes prepared from three varieties of plantain at different maturity stages was determined. The GI was obtained following ISO/FDI 26642:2010 protocol, and the GL was calculated from test foods' GI, considering the amount of available carbohydrate in the traditional portion size. GI values w...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the relation between carbohydrate-related dietary factors, insulin resistance, and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the Framingham Offspring Cohort. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We examined cross-sectional associations between carbohydrate-related dietary factors, insulin resistance, and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in 2,834...

PURPOSE We examined the feasibility of using gene expression changes in human prostate epithelium as a measure of response to a dietary intervention. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eight men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer were randomized to a low-fat/low-glycemic load intervention arm (<20% energy from fat and total daily glycemic load <100) or a "standard American" control arm (approximately 35...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the joint association between glycemic index (GI), glycemic load (GL), and alcohol intake with type 2 diabetes (T2D). OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine whether alcohol intake alters the associations between carbohydrate quality (GI) or quality and quantity (GL) and T2D incidence in women. DESIGN Participants from the Nurses' Health Study w...

OBJECTIVE to explore the relation of glycemic load (GL) with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Cohort of elderly subjects in New York City. PARTICIPANTS 939 persons 65 years and older without dementia followed for an average of 6.3 years. MEASUREMENTS Glycemic index, carbohydrate and calorie intake were measured using a semi-quantitative food frequency question...

BACKGROUND Recent studies of pancreatic cancer suggest a role for hyperinsulinemia in carcinogenesis. Because insulin is secreted in response to elevated blood glucose concentrations, dietary factors that increase these concentrations may be important in pancreatic carcinogenesis. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine prospectively the relation between pancreatic cancer risk and dietary glyc...

The "Carnivore Connection" hypothesizes that, during human evolution, a scarcity of dietary carbohydrate in diets with low plant : animal subsistence ratios led to insulin resistance providing a survival and reproductive advantage with selection of genes for insulin resistance. The selection pressure was relaxed at the beginning of the Agricultural Revolution when large quantities of cereals fi...

Objective. To investigate whether the Glycemic Index (GI) or Glycemic Load (GL) of a diet is associated with C-reactive Protein (CRP) and risk of type 2 diabetes in a prospective study. Materials and Methods. Our analysis included 4,366 participants who did not have diabetes at baseline. During follow-up 456 diabetes cases were confirmed. Dietary GI and GL were derived from a food-frequency que...

Background: Acne is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and a cosmetic problem with considerable emotional and psychological side effects and symptoms, such as pain and pruritus. Some controversies exist concerning the involvement of dietary factors, including glycemic load (GL), in the pathogenesis of acne. Accordingly, we aimed to determine the role of GL and anthropometric m...

The association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII®), the glycemic index (GI), and the glycemic load (GL) is not known, although it is known that carbohydrates are pro-inflammatory. We aimed to measure the association between the DII and both GI and GL among college students. In this cross-sectional study, 110 college students completed a 3-day food diary, which was used to calculate t...