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New life sciences study findings have been reported from L.M. Aston et al

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 8th, 2010

According to recent research published in the journal Obesity Reviews, "There is growing evidence that the glycaemic index (GI) of the diet is important with respect to body weight and metabolic disease risk. However, research is limited by the paucity of GI values for commonly consumed carbohydrate-rich foods in European countries."

"A new methodology has been developed for consistent assignment of GI values to foods across five European databases used in the Diogenes intervention study. GI values were assigned according to five decreasing levels of confidence (1) Measured values for specific foods; (2) Published values from published sources; (3) Equivalent...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2010-02-08)

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