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The glycaemic index : a physiological classification of dietary carbohydrate /

This book aims to provide a credible, complete and accurate source of information about all the aspects of glycaemic index. It contains chapters on glycaemic index definition and measurement and how glycaemic index information can be applied to meals and diets. Discussions on the reasons why foods h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wolever, Thomas M. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2006.
Colección:CAB books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.