Postprandial glycemia in a given individual

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Postprandial glycemiain a given individual
Glucose level

• Determined by
• The quantity of carbs
• The quality of carbs
• glycemic index
• speed of digestion
• monosaccharides
• quantity x quality Glycemic Load (GL)

Time
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The glycemic index of foodsA relative measure of
glycemic potency
Pasta

• Per gram of carbohydrate
• Fast acting vs long acting
• Glucose load GI 100
• Published GI is the mean of 10 subjects (640
  datapoints)
• Reproducible in different groups of subjects

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Glucose load
100
Time