Blood glucose response to rate of consumption of digestible carbohydrate.
When the glycemic response to consuming digestible carbohydrate is measured, little or no attention appears to have been paid to the possible effect on this response of the rate at which the food is consumed. We compared glycemic responses when volunteers ate or drank foods containing digestible carbohydrate as rapidly as possible, or in five equal portions over 12 min. Expecting that the response would be greater when the food was consumed rapidly, we found that the responses were equally and randomly distributed between the two rates of eating. At the same time, marked differences were noted in the responses elicited when different individuals consumed the same foods, leading to an investigation of this phenomenon, published elsewhere.
Whelan
William J
WJ
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA. wwhelan@miami.edu
Hollar
Danielle
D
Agatston
Arthur
A
Dodson
Hannah J
HJ
Tahal
Dimitri S
DS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019540:Area Under Curve; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D038321:Glycemic Index; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates