Dietary carbohydrates and insulin sensitivity: A review of the evidence and clinical implications

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1072-1085

  Daly, Mark E ^a   Vale, Catherine ^b   Walker, Mark ^b   Alberti, K George M M ^b   Mathers, John C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Fructose; Glucose tolerance; Hypertriglyceridemia; Insulin resistance; Insulin sensitivity; Starch; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; STARCH; SUCROSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPPER METABOLISM; DIET THERAPY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 0030781907     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.5.1072     Document Type: Review

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