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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: 4, Interesting) by corey on Saturday June 16 2018, @10:37PM (1 child)
Yeah, and its also a cheap food. Here in Oz its about $5 per kg for dried lentils. Once cooked a kg becomes more lime 2-3 kg. Compare that to beef at over $18 per kg or chicken at $12 per kg.
If I was struggling to pay the bills, I'd be switching most of my meat to lentils.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday June 16 2018, @10:52PM
That's reasonable (3.72 USD, ~1.69 USD/lb), but I try to get it (or any kind of dried legumes) at 1 USD / lb or less.
Red lentils also cook incredibly quick. Slap some tomato sauce and spices in there, put it on rice.
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