The beneficial effect of a diet with low glycaemic index on 24 h glucose profiles in healthy young people as assessed by continuous glucose monitoring

• Published in: British journal of nutrition 2005-02, Vol.93 (2), p.179-182
• Main Authors: Brynes, Audrey E., Adamson, Jacqui, Dornhorst, Anne, Frost, Gary S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Area Under Curve; Blood; blood glucose; Blood Glucose - analysis; carbohydrate metabolism; cardiovascular diseases; Compliance; Continuous glucose monitoring; Diabetes; Diet; Dietary Carbohydrates - administration & dosage; Dietary Carbohydrates - blood; experimental diets; Fasting; Female; Food; Glucose; Glucose monitoring; Glycemic Index; Healthy subjects; Humans; Low glycaemic index; low sugar diet; Male; men; Monitoring systems; Monitoring, Physiologic - methods; nutrition physiology; Nutrition research; postprandial state; Reproducibility of Results; risk factors; Sensors; Short Communication; women; Young adults
• ISSN: 0007-1145; 1475-2662
• DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041318

Elevated postprandial glycaemia has been linked to CVD in a number of different epidemiological studies involving predominantly non-diabetic volunteers. The MiniMed continuous glucose monitor, which measures blood glucose every 5 min, over a 24 h period, was used to investigate changes in blood glucose readings before and after instigating a diet with low glycaemic index (GI) for 1 week in free-living healthy individuals. Nine healthy people (age 27 (sem 1·3) years, BMI 23·7 (sem 0·7) kg/m2, one male, eight females) completed the study. A reduction in GI (59·7 (sem 2) v. 52·1 (sem 2), P