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Modifying carbohydrate glycemic index of meals changes hyperinsulinemic response in women

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 9th, 2006

Modifying the carbohydrate glycemic index within a meal changes the hyperinsulinemic response in women.

According to a recent report from researchers at Loughborough University in England, "Few data exist on the metabolic responses to mixed meals with different glycemic indexes and their effects on substrate metabolism during exercise in women. We examined the effects of preexercise mixed meals providing carbohydrates with high (HGI) or low glycemic index (LGI) on substrate utilization during rest and exercise in women."

E.J. Stevenson and colleagues described their study: "Eight healthy, active, eumenorrheic women [aged 18.6±0.9 y; body mass:...

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