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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday June 16 2018, @06:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the reduced-sugar-treats-for-vampires dept.

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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.

Source: https://news.uoguelph.ca/2018/06/lentils-significantly-reduce-blood-glucose-levels-u-g-study-reveals/

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


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @09:31PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @09:31PM (#694046)

    Sugars, starches, and fibers are all considered carbs though, so that's not super informative... Lentils, and legumes in general, have a much lower glycemic index than either potatos or rice, which is why I'm not surprised at all by this study.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 17 2018, @04:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 17 2018, @04:00PM (#694271)
    Lots of things seem obvious but aren’t. They were able to experimentally quantify exactly what effect lentils have on blood sugar. It seems obvious that doing this kind of substitution for staple carbohydrate sources like rice or potatoes would help blood glucose levels, but I think the magnitude of the effect is kind of the surprise here. I already love lentils, and this is yet another good reason to keep using them in my food.