Measuring the glycaemic index - Consensus and issues of debate

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-236

  Pieters, Marlien ^a   Jerling, Johann C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIGNIN; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 30944469671     PISSN: 10118578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2005.11734072     Document Type: Article

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