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NUTRITION JOURNAL
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-8-5
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- Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research as a part of the PNCDI 2 program [DIADIPOHEP 41-008/2007]
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The persistence of an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes suggests that new nutritional strategies are needed if the epidemic is to be overcome. A promising nutritional approach suggested by this thematic review is metabolic effect of low glycaemic-index diet. The currently available scientific literature shows that low glycaemic-index diets acutely induce a number of favorable effects, such as a rapid weight loss, decrease of fasting glucose and insulin levels, reduction of circulating triglyceride levels and improvement of blood pressure. The long-term effect of the combination of these changes is at present not known. Based on associations between these metabolic parameters and risk of cardiovascular disease, further controlled studies on low-GI diet and metabolic disease are needed.
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