title: Adding glycaemic index and glycaemic load functionality to DietPLUS, a Malaysian food composition database and diet intake calculator.
abstract: This paper outlines the methodology to add glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) functionality to food DietPLUS, a Microsoft Excel-based Malaysian food composition database and diet intake calculator. Locally determined GI values and published international GI databases were used as the source of GI values. Previously published methodology for GI value assignment was modified to add GI and GL calculators to the database. Two popular local low GI foods were added to the DietPLUS database, bringing up the total number of foods in the database to 838 foods. Overall, in relation to the 539 major carbohydrate foods in the Malaysian Food Composition Database, 243 (45%) food items had local Malaysian values or were directly matched to International GI database and another 180 (33%) of the foods were linked to closely-related foods in the GI databases used. The mean ± SD dietary GI and GL of the dietary intake of 63 women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus, calculated using DietPLUS version3 were, 62 ± 6 and 142 ± 45, respectively. These values were comparable to those reported from other local studies. DietPLUS version3, a simple Microsoft Excel-based programme aids calculation of diet GI and GL for Malaysian diets based on food records.
authors.affiliation: School of Post-Graduate Studies and Research, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. sangeeshyam@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sangeetha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shyam
authors.forename: Tony Ng Kock
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wai
authors.forename: Fatimah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arshad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000208:ethnology; D015930:Diet Records; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005504:Food Analysis; D038321:Glycemic Index; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000208:ethnology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D008296:Malaysia; D019518:Postprandial Period; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates