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Replacing potatoes or rice with pulses can lower your blood glucose levels by more than 20 per cent, according to a first-ever University of Guelph study.
Prof. Alison Duncan, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, and Dan Ramdath of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, found that swapping out half of a portion of these starchy side dishes for lentils can significantly improve your body's response to the carbohydrates.
Replacing half a serving of rice with lentils caused blood glucose to drop by up to 20 per cent. Replacing potatoes with lentils led to a 35-per-cent drop.
"Pulses are extremely nutrient-dense food that have the potential to reduce chronic diseases associated with mismanaged glucose levels," said Duncan, who worked on the study with PhD student Dita Moravek and M.Sc. students Erica Rogers, Sarah Turkstra and Jessica Wilson.
Dita Moravek, Alison M Duncan, Laura B VanderSluis, Sarah J Turkstra, Erica J Rogers, Jessica M Wilson, Aileen Hawke, D Dan Ramdath. Carbohydrate Replacement of Rice or Potato with Lentils Reduces the Postprandial Glycemic Response in Healthy Adults in an Acute, Randomized, Crossover Trial. The Journal of Nutrition, 2018; 148 (4): 535 DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxy018
(Score: 3, Informative) by drussell on Saturday June 16 2018, @07:52PM (1 child)
It seems that it is more than that, though...
The lentils still contain significant carbohydrates but seem to be delaying, moderating and somewhat blocking the uptake and creation of high glucose levels in the blood.
Though not entirely unexpected, given the various benefits of these legumes, it is actually very interesting that it seems to act this strongly in relatively modest concentrations. They only replaced half the rice with lentil in the study, for example...
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday June 16 2018, @09:04PM
It wasn't clear if they replaced half a serving, while still providing the other half, or if half a serving was all that was being consumed by these people who were trying to lose weight.
Still unsaid was how much lentils were added to the diet.
Was it based on weight or volume or what?
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