Although the only previous longitudinal epidemiologic study to use global measures of carbohydrate consumption found no relation between
dietary GI and depression, this was a study of intake during pregnancy and the prediction of postpartum depression 2 — 9 mo after giving birth (15).
Tests for trend for
dietary GI were significant in each of the longitudinal models.
Objective: We hypothesized that higher
dietary GI and glycemic load would be associated with greater odds of the prevalence and incidence of depression.
That study in 865 Japanese pregnant women found no relation between
dietary GI or dietary glycemic load during pregnancy and postpartum depression 2 — 9 mo after giving birth (15).
Results were attenuated with the inclusion of the variables in model 2 and further so with the inclusion of covariates that directly affect average GI in model 3, yet participants in the fourth and fifth quintiles for
dietary GI remained significantly more likely to have depression 3 y later in fully adjusted multivariable models.
Dietary GI is considered as a quality of carbohydrate - based foods in the overall diet and is estimated as the weighted average (with weights based on the total carbohydrate content per serving consumed) of the GI values of all carbohydrate foods consumed during the dietary period.
However, any influence that refined carbohydrates has on mood is likely commensurate with the proportion they constitute in the overall diet, so a limitation of these studies is that they examined only specific types of refined foods, as opposed to
dietary GI and glycemic load in the overall diet.
We tested the hypothesis that higher
dietary GI and glycemic load associate with greater odds of prevalent and incident depression in a large, well - characterized sample of postmenopausal women who were followed longitudinally.
The aim of the study was to compare average
dietary GI and glycemic load (GL), and contributing carbohydrate foods, in the 2 most recent national dietary surveys.
The findings indicate that the average
dietary GI of Australian adults is similar to that of other population groups, with a large proportion of starchy and energy - dense nutrient - poor foods that contribute to a high GL.
Although the average
dietary GI and GL declined between 1995 and, trends in specific carbohydrate foods suggest that Australians are avoiding potatoes and sugary beverages in favor of a greater variety of carbohydrate foods, particularly cereal products.
Indeed, several studies have shown that
the dietary GI is a good predictor of HDL concentrations in the healthy population, whereas the amount and type of fat are not (16 — 18).
Dietary GI and fiber variables were adjusted for total energy intake by using the residual method (18).
The sex - specific relevance of
the dietary GI (and food groups driven by GI) in this study deserves further comment because it was not attributable to different ranges in nutritional intake or to differences in mortality prevalence.
This study provides, to the best of our knowledge, new epidemiologic evidence of an association between
dietary GI and mortality from non-CVD, noncancer inflammatory disease.
Previous epidemiologic studies showed cross-sectional associations of GI and GL with inflammatory markers in individuals with (20) and without (21, 22) type 2 diabetes, suggesting that a high
dietary GI may increase the risk of inflammatory conditions.
Men who died of inflammation - related diseases had a higher
dietary GI and lower baseline intakes of total fiber, fruit fiber, and fruit than men still alive at 13 - y follow - up.
Nonetheless, in this population of older Australians, the potential relevance of
the dietary GI for inflammatory disease did not translate into a preventive potential against CVD mortality, where inflammation is only one of the relevant mechanisms (12).
Furthermore, reducing the analysis specifically to diseases most evidently or strongly related to inflammation enhanced the association with
dietary GI resulting in a 5-fold higher risk in the upper tertile.
CVD mortality was not associated with
dietary GI or fiber intakes (Table 5) in women; in men, higher intakes of fruit fiber tended to be protective against CVD mortality.
Conversely, the risk reductions observed with higher intakes of total and cereal fibers were largely explained by
the dietary GI.
This effect was enhanced after adjustment for
the dietary GI.
By using this new characterization, we examined whether
dietary GI and intakes of fiber and carbohydrate - containing food groups were associated with the 13 - y inflammatory disease mortality in an older Australian cohort.
In the present study, although we did not have data on whole - grain intake per se, we discovered a 50 % risk reduction for women with the highest consumption of bread or cereals, which was mainly driven by nonwhite bread (data not shown) and was only marginally explained by
the dietary GI.
Dietary GI appeared to be the factor driving most other associations with carbohydrate nutrition in women because adjustment for GI also explained the protective associations with fiber - and carbohydrate - containing food groups.
A higher
dietary GI at baseline was associated with greater 13 - y inflammatory disease — related mortality in women (Table 4).
Results obtained for
the dietary GI could be corroborated with data on the main carbohydrate - containing food groups.
Not exact matches
Purple sweet potatoes offer similar nutritional benefits of regular orange sweet potatoes in the fact that they are both healthy source of complex carbs with a low
GI impact, are full of
dietary fiber and many essential vitamins and minerals.
Lowering the
dietary intake of FODMAPs continues to be the first line therapy for patients experiencing
GI symptoms.
Western studies have suggested cultural differences in food and nutrient intake patterns associated with
dietary glycaemic index (
GI) and glycaemic load (GL).
Provides a high
dietary source of calcium and low
GI carbohydrates.
Also striking is to understand that while exercise alone can increase intestinal permeability due to reduced splanchnic perfusion,
dietary factors such as high carbohydrate intake may also contribute to
GI dysfunction (Pfeiffer et al., 2009; Pfeiffer et al., 2012; van Wijck, Lenaerts, van Loon, Peters, Buurman and Dejong, 2011).
Sweet Lupin is uniquely high in protein (up to 40 %) and
dietary fiber (30 %) low in fat (6 %) and contains minimal starch and therefore has very low Glycemic Index (
GI).
This FFQ was validated against 4 - d weighed food records collected on 3 occasions during 1 y (n = 79) and showed moderate - to - good agreement for ranking individuals according to their
GI,
dietary fiber, and total carbohydrate intake (15).
The strengths of this study include its population - based sample, high participation rate, and use of a
GI - and carbohydrate - validated FFQ to collect
dietary information, and detailed questionnaires that permitted careful assessment of potential confounding variables.
Objective: We examined whether
dietary glycemic index (
GI),
dietary fiber, and carbohydrate - containing food groups were associated with the mortality attributable to noncardiovascular, noncancer inflammatory disease in an older Australian cohort.
She helps people with a range of
dietary issues, including Celiac Disease,
GI issues, food allergies, pregnancy, breastfeeding, vegetarian and vegan diets, preventing diseases and «whole foods» eating.
Glycemic index (
GI; the quality of carbohydrate) was determined from the 24 - h
dietary recalls by using published tables (24, 25) and was previously reported (26).
Lowering the
dietary intake of FODMAPs continues to be the first line therapy for patients experiencing
GI symptoms.
Non-coeliac gluten sensitivity: piecing the puzzle together, 2015 explains: Lowering the
dietary intake of FODMAPs continues to be the first line therapy for patients experiencing
GI symptoms.
She helps people with a range of
dietary issues, including Celiac Disease,
GI issues, food allergies, vegetarian and plant based diets, preventing diseases and «whole foods» eating.
In these studies, an LGI was associated with larger amounts of fermentable
dietary fiber than was a high
GI (HGI).
Since
dietary protein and fat did not raise the blood glucose appreciably, they were essentially excluded from the
GI.
In Australia, official
dietary guidelines for healthy elderly people specifically recommend the consumption of low -
GI cereal foods for good health (3), and a
GI trademark certification program is in place to put
GI values on food labels as a means of helping consumers to select low -
GI foods (4).
For this reason, the American Diabetes Association does not recommend the use of
GI values for
dietary counseling.
Several large - scale, observational studies from Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) indicate that the long - term consumption of a diet with a high glycemic load (GL;
GI ×
dietary carbohydrate content) is a significant independent predictor of the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (7, 8) and cardiovascular disease (9).
Several prospective observational studies have shown that the chronic consumption of a diet with a high glycemic load (
GI ×
dietary carbohydrate content) is independently associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers.
Reliable tables of
GI compiled from the scientific literature are instrumental in improving the quality of research examining the relation between the
dietary glycemic effect and health.
* Scientific studies have demonstrated that Ginger may help to maintain healthy
GI flora, aid the digestion of
dietary fats, and calm and soothe the digestive tract.
In that limited experimental sample, one vegan (free from
dietary meat and dairy for at least one year) volunteered to eat meat until his native vegan
GI bacterial population was replaced by the omnivore
GI bacterial profile (as determined by stool samples).