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doi:10.1094/CFW-53-3-0143 |
VIEW ARTICLE Nutrition: A Glycemic Response Update J. M. Jones. Food and Nutrition Department, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN. Cereal Foods World 53(3):143-144. This column focuses on the latest on the glycemic response as reported in the 2008 supplement of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN). The supplement emanated from an International Life Sciences Institute–Europe (ILSI–Europe) two-day workshop in Nice in December 2006 titled Glycemic Response and Health. The input for the workshop was a Cochrane-style review commissioned by the Dietary Carbohydrates Task Force of the European Branch of ILSI–Europe. The comprehensive review was conducted by Geoffrey Livesey, currently the principle of Independent Nutrition Logic, Ltd. More than 60 attendees from around the world received the draft review and were expected to have prepared comments for discussion at the meeting. Several other documents including the summary of a scientific issues discussion conducted by ILSI–North America, facilitated by David Lineback, were also part of the preworkshop packet of materials. The workshop began with a short report where I described the deliberations of AACC International’s Task Force on Defining the Glycemic Response. This was followed by speakers from around the world providing data and commenting on the review document. In addition to hearing the speakers and discussing with the assembled group of scientists, attendees and speakers participated in one of four working groups: Health Aspects, The Relative Importance of the Glycemic Index (GI)/Glycemic Load (GL) and Other Parameters, Glycemic Index Methodology, and Applications and Implications. All groups were charged with answering a set of general questions and each group was assigned some specific questions.
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