Plasma glucose and insulin responses to orally administered carbohydrate-rich foodstuffs.
Healthy individuals were given different carbohydrate-rich test meals (each with an energy content of 300 kcal) after a standardization period. Plasma glucose and insulin were measured during the tests. When compared with an ordinary oral glucose load, potato had a post-prandial plasma glucose and insulin response not statistically different from the glucose load, the bread group had a weaker and slower response than the potato group, and rice had a response between the two other groups. Gastric emptying, the availability of the starch for digestion and differences in the carbohydrate content are discussed as possible explanations for these differences.
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male
D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D007328:Insulin