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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446335503321

Autore

Wolever Thomas M. S

Titolo

The glycaemic index : a physiological classification of dietary carbohydrate / / Thomas M.S. Wolever

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, c2006

ISBN

1-280-73591-0

9786610735914

1-84593-052-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

613.2/83

Soggetti

Carbohydrates in human nutrition

Carbohydrates - Metabolism

Glycemic index

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historical introduction -- Determining the GI of food: methodological considerations -- The insulin response to carbohydrate foods: critical evaluation of the insulinaemic index -- Mechanisms by which different carbohydrates elicit different glycaemic -- Glycaemic index: application to mixed meals -- Measuring diet GI -- Glycaemic index and health -- Glycaemic index and disease -- Glycaemic index versus glycaemic load.

Sommario/riassunto

The glycaemic index (GI) is a measure of the ability of a food to raise blood sugar. Written by one of the co-inventors of the term, this is a clear and balanced review of current knowledge on this controversial concept. The book explores all the key issues of the definition of the GI, how to measure the GI of a food, how to apply GI information to meals and diets, the reasons why foods have different GI values and the impact of altering a diet GI on health and disease.