Glycemic Index

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Resources for This Diet

The New Glucose Revolution by Jennie Brand-Miller, Thomas MS Wolever, Kaye Foster-Powell, and Stephen Colagiuri. New York: Marlowe & Co., 2003.

The Glucose Revolution Pocket Guide to the Top 100 Low Glycemic Foods by Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, and Thomas MS Wolever. New York: Marlowe & Co., 2000.

University of Sydney Glycemic Index Web site.

www.glycemicindex.com

Bibliography

Brand-Miller J, Wolever TM, Foster-Powell K, Colagiuri S. The New Glucose Revolution. New York: Marlowe & Co, 2003.

Franz MJ. Carbohydrate and diabetes: is the source or the amount of more importance? Curr Diab Rep 2001;1:177–86 [review].

Jenkins DJ, Kendall CW, Augustin LS, et al. Glycemic index: overview of implications in health and disease. Am J Clin Nutr 2002;76:266S–73S [review].

Ludwig DS. The glycemic index: physiological mechanisms relating to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. JAMA 2002;287:2414–23 [review].

Pi-Sunyer FX. Glycemic index and disease. Am J Clin Nutr 2002;76:290S–8S [review].

Pawlak DB, Ebbeling CB, Ludwig DS. Should obese patients be counselled to follow a low-glycaemic index diet? Yes. Obes Rev 2002;3:235–43 [review].

Raben A. Should obese patients be counselled to follow a low-glycaemic index diet? No. Obes Rev 2002;3:245–56 [review].

Roberts SB. High-glycemic index foods, hunger, and obesity: is there a connection? Nutr Rev 2000;58:163–9 [review].

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