78 GESTATIONAL DIABETES AND CURACAOAN BEANS
| Autor: | H Schouten, P J Offringa, N Back, E R Boersma, G visser |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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| Zdroj: | Pediatric Research. 20:1046-1046 |
| ISSN: | 1530-0447 0031-3998 |
| DOI: | 10.1203/00006450-198610000-00132 |
| Popis: | In Curacao gestational diabetes is a great problem (incidence 2.4 /100 deliveries). The assumption that this high incidence is a direct consequence of the change in the feeding pattern over the last decades, is uncertain. In former days, beans were commonly used in the local diet in Curasao. Nowadays these beans are mainly replaced by those foods rich in “simple” carbohydrates and fats. We compared the effect of the consumption of 5 locally grown beans (Bonchi Cora, Bonchi Pela Berde, Bonchi Wandu, Bonchi di Kunuku and Bonchi Wowo Pretu) on the blood glucose response in non-pregnant, healthy pregnant women and gestational diabetes patients. In this study all beans investigated showed a lower relative blood glucose response as compared to a bread meal (with the same carbohydrate content). A lower relative blood glucose response for some of the tested beans was found in pregnant women as compared to non-pregnant women and an even lower response was recorded in the group of mothers with gestational diabetes. A lower average blood sugar concentration during pregnancy, as induced by the consumption of foods with a low relative blood glucose response, may improve the outcome of the fetus (especially in gestationally induced diabetes) and may thus contribute to the prevention of handicap. |
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