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15.Glycemic Index dle Mendosy prezentovaný
na Internetu:
· "Glycemic Load, Diet, and Health" from The
Harvard Women's Health Watch is a very useful article about the glycemic
index and the glycemic load, although it is wrong about carrots being high
glycemic. The URL is http://www.health.harvard.edu/article.cfm?id=48
· The Glycemic Index Foundation of South Africa
has a comprehensive GI site customized to focus on foods available there.
Particularly strong is the site's bibliography. The URL is http://www.gifoundation.com
· The Glycemic Index On-line, the University
of Sydney's GI Website, is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the
glycemic index. Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller, who authorized me to summarize
her work in 1995 or 1996, finally has a Web presence in November 2000. And
what a presence it is! Her site is now the key Internet resource on this
subject. The URL is http://www.glycemicindex.com
· "Glycemic Index: Palm databases" offers a choice
of the glycemic index based on white bread or glucose in databases for Palm
devices. The URL is http://www.tanidesign.co.uk/
· "Glycemic Load, Diet, and Health" in the June
2001 issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch is an excellent introduction to
the glycemic index and an extension of that concept named the "glycemic load,"
which is the glycemic index of a food times its carbohydrate content in
grams. Harvard School of Public Health professor and researcher Walter Willett,
M.D., and his associates developed the concept of the glycemic load. That
article is no longer on-line.
· J. Raloff has an outstanding and comprehensive
article on "The New GI Tracts" in the April 8, 2000, issue of Science News,
which is on-line at http://www.sciencenews.org/20000408/bob2.asp
· The Glycemic Effect of Carbohydrate Food is
an excellent explanation of the benefits of using strategies to lower the
overall glycemic index of the foods that you eat. The URL is
http://www.cyberdiet.com/modules/diabetes/glycemic_effects.html
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· A recent review of the literature on the glycemic
index is a paper by Maria Kalergis, MSc RD, Danièle Pacaud, MD, Jean-François
Yale, MD, "Attempts to Control the Glycemic Response to Carbohydrate in Diabetes
Mellitus: Overview and Practical Implications" in the Canadian Journal of
Diabetes Care 22(1):20-29, 1998. This long paper is on-line at the Medscape
site at http://www.medscape.com/CDA/CJDC/1998/v22.n01/dc2201.02.kale/dc2201.02.kale-01.html
· The most scientific background on the glycemic
index on the Web is "Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition; Interim Report of
a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation, Rome, Italy, 14 to 18 April 1997." This
report by an international committee of carbohydrate experts assembled by
the United Nations reports on the current scientific knowledge of carbohydrates,
which turns out to be much more complex than a layman like myself has ever
dreamed possible. It also contains a valuable section on the glycemic index
itself, "The Role of the Glycemic Index in Food Choice." The URL is http://www.fao.org/es/esn/carboweb/carbo.htm
· A new NutriGenie Glycemic Index Diet for Windows
(released February 10, 1997) "has the GI ratings (low, medium and high) for
over 500 most common foods," but does not show actual ratings. The source
of their data is not stated. E-mail from the company says, "We use many sources
for our data, some for just a few entries. In addition the classification
can be revised by users if they choose, so naming the sources for GI is not
necessary." Really? This shareware program, available for $39, is available
as crippleware on the Internet at http://members.aol.com/nutrigenie/nggid48.html
and other sites.
· Now the glycemic index is even available is
Spanish at El índice glucémico. Para información o comentarios
sobre la producción y edici&ón de estas pá ginas
dirigirse a Fernando Martín. The information presented is based on
glucose = 100. The URL is http://laisla.com/uned/diabetes/indgluce.htm
· An editorial about the glycemic index rebutting
the commentary by Dr. Thomas M.S. Wolever, "The Glycemic Index: Flogging
a Dead Horse?" in the journal Diabetes Care is on-line at http://www.diabetes.org/DiabetesCare/1997-03/pg241.htm.
For some unexplained reason, Diabetes Care has made the rebuttal available
on-line without making Dr. Wolever's commentary available there. Therefore,
I have scanned in an extract of Dr. Wolever's commentary under fair use provisions
of the Copyright Act at http://www.mendosa.com/wolever.htm.
· The Montignac Universal Web site has a short
"Glycaemic Index Table" based on glucose = 100 at http://www.montignac.com/en/gindex.html
· The official Michel Montignac website in both
English and French in Quebec, Canada, is his weight-loss clinic based in
part on the glycemic index. The URL is at http://www.montignac-intl.com/
· Marcel Bovy in Amsterdam, Holland, has a fine
review of the diet method developed by Michel Montignac, which makes considerable
use of the glycemic index. The URL is http://www.boverwey.cistron.nl/montignac
On GI: My Montignac page has moved to cyou can update your link to my page
I would be grateful. Thanks for refering to me. Marcel
· "The Glycemic Index; How quickly do foods raise
your blood sugar?" is an attractively presented page on the Diabetes Mall.
The URL is
http://www.diabetesnet.com/gi.html
· "The Glycemic Index & Weight Loss" is About.com's
collection of recipes that are acceptable for a low GI diet. The URL is http://busycooks.about.com/library/features/blgiidx.htm
· "The Glycemic Index & Weight Loss" is a
decent summary of the glycemic index on Lynn Nelson 's "Mining Co. Guide
to Busy Cooks." The URL is http://busycooks.tqn.com/library/features/blgilists.htm
· The best on-line analysis of the glycemic index
for athletes is Janet Walberg Rankin's "Glycemic Index and Exercise Metabolism."
While this article originally appeared on the Gatorade Sports Science Institute
site, it requires registration, and an easier place to find it is at http://www.fred.net/ultrunr/glycemic.html.
Here's another excellent glycemic index resource for athletes. Cycling
Performance Tips: Glycemic Index shows how athletes can make use of the glycemic
index. The URL is http://www.cptips.com/gi.htm
Jennie Brand-Miller PhD
Associate Professor in Human Nutrition
Department of Biochemistry G08
University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: (61 2) 9351 3759
Fax: (61 2) 9351 6022
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