Equivalent Glycemic Load and Insulinemic Responses Elicited by Low-Carbohydrate Foods: A Randomized Trial in Healthy Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The information on the Nutrition Facts Label may overestimate the available-carbohydrate (avCHO) content and glycemic impact of some low-carbohydrate foods containing novel carbohydrates.

Objectives

The primary objective was to test the hypothesis that the glycemic impact of low-carbohydrate foods, quantified as equivalent-glycemic-load (EGL), measures their avCHO content accurately and precisely (within ±1g). The secondary objectives were to measure the glycemic and insulinemic responses elicited by 7 low-carbohydrate foods.

Methods

Healthy overnight-fasted adults (n = 25) consumed 20.8 g or 5.2 g avCHO from white bread (WB20.8, WB5.2, respectively), or 1 of 7 test-products in random order; each subject tested WB20.8 twice. Plasma-glucose responses

SUBMITTER: Wolever TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12719656 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature