Journal
CURRENT ATHEROSCLEROSIS REPORTS
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
CURRENT MEDICINE GROUP
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-013-0381-1
Keywords
Glycemic index; Glycemic load; Cardiovascular disease risk; Review
Categories
Funding
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- CIHR
- Saskatchewan Pulse Growers
- Pulse Canada
- Agri-Culture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Calorie Control Council
- Coca-Cola Company (investigator initiated, unrestricted grant)
- International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- American Society for Nutrition ASN
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA)
- Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS)
- Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group (DNSG) of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
- International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) North America
- International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Brazil
- Abbott Laboratories
- Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
- Coca-Cola Company
- scientific advisory board for Abbott, the Advanced Food Materials Network (AFMNet)
- Almond Board of California
- American Peanut Council
- American Pistachio Growers, Barilla
- California Strawberry Commission
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Canola Council of Canada
- Danone
- General Mills
- Hain Celestial
- International Tree Nut Council, Kellogg's, Loblaw Brands, Ltd
- Oldways
- Orafti
- Paramount Farms
- Saskatchewan Pulse Growers,
- Solae
- Unilever. David Jenkins has served on the Scientific Advisory Board of Sanitarium Company, AAFC
- Canadian Agriculture Policy Institute (CAPI)
- Loblaw Supermarket
- Herbal Life International
- Nutritional Fundamental for Health, Pacific Health Laboratories
- Metagenics
- Bayer Consumer Care
- Dean Foods
- Kellogg's
- Quaker Oats
- Procter Gamble
- Coca-Cola
- NuVal Griffin Hospital,
- Abbott
- International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation
- Peanut Institute
- Pacific Health Laboratories
- Nutritional Fundamental for Health
- Barilla
- Haine Celestial
- Pepsi
- Alpro Foundation
- Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP) through the Pulse Research Network (PURENet)
- AFMNet
- Loblaw
- Unilever
- Canola
- Flax Councils of Canada
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Ontario Research Fund
- Sanitarium Company
- Oldways Preservation Trust
- AAFC
- CAPI
- International Tree Nut Council, Barilla
Ask authors/readers for more resources
A number of meta-analyses of cohort studies have assessed the impact of glycemic load (GL) and glycemic index (GI) on cardiovascular outcomes. The picture that emerges is that for women, a significant association appears to exist between the consumption of high GL/GI diets and increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This association appears to be stronger in those with greater adiposity and possibly in those with diabetes, although these findings are not uniform. There is also an indication that raised CRP levels may be reduced, which has special implications for women whose CRP levels, as an emerging CVD risk factor, may be higher than men. For men, the situation is not as clear-cut. Although some studies show association, the meta-analyses have not demonstrated a significant direct association with CVD, despite current evidence that risk factors, including LDL-C, may be reduced on low-GI diets. Moreover, in a recent meta-analysis, increases in dietary GL have been associated with increased risk of diabetes, another CVD risk factor, in both men and women. Studies in men expressing relative risk of CVD in relation to GL and GI, with corresponding confidence intervals, are needed to provide the necessary power for future meta-analyses on this topic.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available