INTRODUCTION In many countries, the prevalence of obesity and chronic diseases has been increased, which are normally associated with changes in lifestyle, that are especially characterized by high consumption of diets rich in carbohydrates of rapid absorption. Such diets classified as high glycemic index and high glycemic load can lead to hyperglycemia. OBJECTIVES Discuss the role of the die...

intake of socially undesirable sucrosecontaining foods. These assumptions would never be reliable. Thus, we recommended caution when interpretation of results from this part of our study. The last point raised by Buyken and Liese was that alcohol intake may predict glycemic index of the diet and hence affect the estimates of glycemic index and glycemic load. The reported associations are relati...

Abstract. Consider the functional equations of neutral type (1) (d/dt)D(t, x,) -/(*, *,) and (2) (d/dt) [D(t, x,) -G(t, *,)} =/(/, *,) + F(t, Xt) where D,f are bounded linear operators from C[a, b] into R" or C" for each fixed t in [0, °° ), F= Fi+Fh G = Gi+Gh | F¡(t, <*>) \ ¿v(t)\\, \Gx(t,4>)\ ¿Tr(t)\ 0, there exists 8(e) >0 such that | F2(t, 0)| á«|*|, |Gs...

The role of dietary carbohydrates in weight loss has received considerable attention in light of the current obesity epidemic. The authors investigated the association of body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) with dietary intake of carbohydrates and with measures of the induced glycemic response, using data from an observational study of 572 healthy adults in central Massachusetts. Anthro...

During pregnancy, lower levels of maternal glucose before and during a glucose load have been associated with reduced infant birth weight and an increased risk of small-for-gestational-age births. A lower incremental area under the glucose response curve defines a low glycemic diet. Thus, during pregnancy the maternal diet, as measured by the glycemic index, may influence fetal growth and infan...

We read with interest the article by C. R. Jonas et al. showing no association between dietary glycemic index or glycemic load and breast cancer in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. We similarly examined the relation between usual glycemic index and load derived from a food frequency questionnaire (1) over 15 years of follow-up (1986–2000) in 34,703 postmenopausal women initially...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common condition of unknown etiology and has been linked to adverse reproductive and obstetric health outcomes. Prior dietary research on BV has focused on specific macro- and micronutrients, but not dietary indices. We assessed the relationship between BV and selected dietary indicators among a cohort of 1735 nonpregnant women ages 15-44 y from Birmingham, Alabama...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the relation between quality of dietary carbohydrate intake, as measured by glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL), and serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels. METHODS During a 1-y observational study, data were collected at baseline and at each quarter thereafter. GI and GL were calculated from multiple 24-h dietary recalls (24HRs), 3 rand...

Although specific foods or nutrients have not been linked consistently with risk of endometrial cancer, obesity and diabetes are associated with increased risk. These conditions may be influenced by the glycemic index or load of the usual diet. We therefore examined the association of glycemic index and load measured at baseline using a food frequency questionnaire in a cohort of 23335 postmeno...

OBJECTIVE Foods with contrasting glycemic index when incorporated into a meal, are able to differentially modify glycemia and insulinemia. However, little is known about whether this is dependent on the size of the meal. The purposes of this study were: i) to determine if the differential impact on blood glucose and insulin responses induced by contrasting GI foods is similar when provided in m...