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Slowly<br />

digestible<br />

starch<br />

content<br />

Type<br />

of<br />

sugar<br />

(fructose)<br />

Fiber<br />

Fat<br />

Protein<br />

Lowering<br />

post- gl<br />

prandial<br />

blood<br />

glucose<br />

F<br />

Food factors affecting<br />

GI of starch-based foods<br />

Insulin<br />

resistance<br />

Cardio vascular<br />

diseases<br />

Diabetes<br />

Obesity,<br />

Overweight<br />

Cancers<br />

Healthy<br />

subjects<br />

Treatment of diseases<br />

Secondary prevention of diseases<br />

Specific functions<br />

Physical<br />

performanc<br />

Primary<br />

prevention of<br />

disease<br />

Optimizing<br />

functions<br />

Cognitive<br />

functions<br />

Insulin<br />

resistance<br />

71<br />

Cardio vascular<br />

diseases<br />

Diabetes<br />

Obesity,<br />

Overweight<br />

Cancers<br />

Cognitive functions<br />

(memory)<br />

Physical performance<br />

Optimization of body functions and their<br />

potential benefits<br />

Figure 12 The link between glycaemic response and health outcomes<br />

Source: Lang et al. (2004)<br />

6.4.2 Low GI diet, weight and obesity control<br />

Few medium-term studied have compared the weight loss potential<br />

of high and low GI high carbohydrate diets. Some studies (Marckmann et al. 2000,<br />

Slabber et al. 1994 and Spieth et al. 2000) have shown more marked weight loss with<br />

a low GI diet and a high GI diet. This greater satiety and better use of fat reserves by

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