The glycemic index: Physiological significance

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue , 2009, Pages 439S-445S

  Esfahani, Amin ^a,b   Wong, Julia M W ^a,b   Mirrahimi, Arash ^a,b   Srichaikul, Korbua ^a,b   Jenkins, David J A ^a,b   Kendall, Cyril W C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Glycemic index; Glycemic load; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77951528068     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2009.10718109     Document Type: Article

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