title: Glycemic index of cereals and tubers produced in China.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. yxyang@public3.bta.net.cn
authors.forename: Yue-Xin
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lian-Da
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Shi-Xue
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Shui-Ying
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates