Category Archives: Glycaemic load

The Glycaemic Index

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Robert Barrington
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More on Legume Fibre: Sequestration of Starch

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The seeds of legumes (pulses) include beans, peas and lentils. Legumes show beneficial health effects when consumed by humans, and one way that legumes are thought to be beneficial to is through their beneficial glycaemic effects. In this regard legumes … Continue reading →

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More On the Complexity of Fibre

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Traditionally fibre has been seen as roughage providing bulk to the food and nothing more. However, recently research has shown that fibre is likely an essential component of the human diet. Fibre is actually a diverse group of carbohydrates that … Continue reading →

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Do Polyphenols Lower the Glycaemic Index of Foods?

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The glycaemic index is a measure of the rate at which plasma glucose levels increase following ingestion of carbohydrate foods. Foods are tested in comparison to a reference standard and given a value on a relative scale. The reference standard … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With The Glycaemic Index

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The glycaemic index (GI) is a measure of the rate of increase in plasma glucose following consumption of a carbohydrate food. Generally a reference food which is either white bread or glucose power is given a value of 100, and … Continue reading →

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More On The Amylose To Amylopectin Ratio

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Robert Barrington

A high glycaemic response to food is problematic because chronic raised levels of blood sugar are implicated as a causative factor in disease. In particular, high glycaemic responses to carbohydrates are thought to lead to weight gain, metabolic syndrome, type … Continue reading →

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Digestibility of Beans

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Beans have important health properties that are related to their slow rate of digestion. Understanding the digestibility of beans is therefore important in the nutritional sciences. Beans and other legumes have their starch contained within strong parenchymal cells that are … Continue reading →

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Glycaemic Index: The Response to Western Foods

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Evidence in the nutritional literature shows an association between low quality foods and the risk of Western lifestyle disease. In particular, refined and processed cereal grains and crystalline sugar are thought to significantly increase the risk of obesity, type 2 … Continue reading →

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Legumes: Blood Sugar Effects of Beans

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Legumes are of interest to nutritional scientists because they have beneficial effects on blood sugar. This is evident from their low rating on the glycaemic index (GI). The glycaemic rating of carbohydrate foods is widely believed to be due to … Continue reading →

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Fructose: Metabolic Poison

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Evidence is increasingly linking fructose consumption to the development of Western lifestyle diseases. This is because fructose in high concentrations is a metabolic poison that can overload the liver and increase flux through the de novo lipogenesis pathway. This results … Continue reading →

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