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Enrichment of an Israeli ethnic food with fibres and their effects on the glycaemic and insulinaemic responses in subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Nira Feldman ,
Clara Norenberg ,
Hillary Voet ,
Ester Manor ,
Yishal Berner  and
Zecharia Madar
Nira Feldman
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
Clara Norenberg
Affiliation:
Diabetic Unit, Kupat Holim, Netanya, Israel
Hillary Voet
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
Ester Manor
Affiliation:
Diabetic Unit, Kupat Holim, Netanya, Israel
Yishal Berner
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
Zecharia Madar
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
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The effects of various sources of dietary fibre on the high glycaemic index of an Israeli ethnic food, melawach, were investigated in subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Locust-bean (Ceratonia siliqua) gum significantly decreased the glucose response to, and glycaemic index of, melawach in these diabetic subjects (P < 0·05). It also tended to decrease their insulinaemic response and insulinaemic index, but differences were not significant. Dietary fibre from lupin (Lupinus albus) and insoluble maize-cob fibre did not affect glucose and insulin levels in NIDDM volunteers. Subjects with a BMI < 30 kg/m2 exhibited similar glucose, but not insulin, responses to fibre. Locust-bean gum had no significant effect on glycaemic response in NIDDM subjects with a BMI > 30 kg/m2, whereas insulinaemic response decreased. The results indicate that foods containing the same nutrients in almost the same amounts, but differing in added dietary fibre, lead to different physiological responses in diabetic subjects. Furthermore, insulin response should be considered when fibre is incorporated into the diabetic's diet.

Keywords

Dietary fibreGlycaemic responseInsulinaemic response
Type
Locust-gum fibre lowers glycaemic response
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 74 , Issue 5 , November 1995 , pp. 681 - 688
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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