Glycemic index of cereals and tubers produced in China.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the GI of some cereals and tubers produced in China in an effort to establish the database of glycemic index (GI) of Chinese food.


METHODS
Food containing 50 g carbohydrate was consumed by 8-12 healthy adults after they have been fasted for 10 h and blood glucose was monitored for 2 h. Glucose was used as reference food. GI of food was calculated according to a standard method.


RESULTS
GI of 9 types of sugar and 60 kinds of food were determined.


CONCLUSIONS
Food GI is mainly determined by nature of carbohydrate and procession. Most of cereals and tubers produced in China have similar GI with their counterparts produced in other countries.
Yang
Yue-Xin
YX
Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. yxyang@public3.bta.net.cn
Wang
Hong-Wei
HW
Cui
Hong-Mei
HM
Wang
Yan
Y
Yu
Lian-Da
LD
Xiang
Shi-Xue
SX
Zhou
Shui-Ying
SY
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002681:China; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D038321:Glycemic Index; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035281:Plant Tubers / Q000378:metabolism*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates