• Diabet. Med. · May 2000

    Review

    The relevance of the glycaemic index to our understanding of dietary carbohydrates.

    • G Frost and A Dornhorst.
    • Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. gfrost@ic.ac.uk
    • Diabet. Med. 2000 May 1; 17 (5): 336-45.

    AimsTo review the evidence for the importance of glycaemic index of dietary carbohydrate in disease prevention and control.MethodsA critical appraisal of the literature published in English between and cited on Medline between January 1966 and October 1999.ResultsUsing 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.ConclusionsConsideration of glycaemic indices in making dietary recommendations may be expected to produce additional health benefit.

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