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A Practical Perspective for a Conservative Estimate of Blood Glucose Level during Restaurant Dining and Supermarket Shopping

Foods today are so diverse and enjoyable, making healthy choices difficult. In this perspective, an in vitro-in silico approach for obtaining a conservative estimate of the postprandial blood glucose concentration, which is a realistic estimate nevertheless, after intake of a certain portion of meal...

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Autores principales: Chen, Xiao Dong, Wu, Peng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7922165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33670476
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10020444
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description Foods today are so diverse and enjoyable, making healthy choices difficult. In this perspective, an in vitro-in silico approach for obtaining a conservative estimate of the postprandial blood glucose concentration, which is a realistic estimate nevertheless, after intake of a certain portion of meals is proposed. The rationales and feasibilities of the approach are described and discussed to an extent. The key idea is to first measure the maximum amount of glucose released in an in vitro test under standardized conditions from a specified serving size of a meal or dish or a packaged product sold in a supermarket. The value can then be translated by a literate consumer to the highest estimate of blood glucose rise prior to purchasing or eating through an established in silico blood glucose prediction model in the medical field. The strategy proposed here would help health conscious (diabetics included) and other life quality conscious individuals to make quantitative decisions on consuming the portions of different foods of desire. This strategy may be more effective in reality compared to the conventional GI (Glycemic Index) and GL (Glycemic Load) concepts.
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spelling pubmed-79221652021-03-03 A Practical Perspective for a Conservative Estimate of Blood Glucose Level during Restaurant Dining and Supermarket Shopping Chen, Xiao Dong Wu, Peng Foods Perspective Foods today are so diverse and enjoyable, making healthy choices difficult. In this perspective, an in vitro-in silico approach for obtaining a conservative estimate of the postprandial blood glucose concentration, which is a realistic estimate nevertheless, after intake of a certain portion of meals is proposed. The rationales and feasibilities of the approach are described and discussed to an extent. The key idea is to first measure the maximum amount of glucose released in an in vitro test under standardized conditions from a specified serving size of a meal or dish or a packaged product sold in a supermarket. The value can then be translated by a literate consumer to the highest estimate of blood glucose rise prior to purchasing or eating through an established in silico blood glucose prediction model in the medical field. The strategy proposed here would help health conscious (diabetics included) and other life quality conscious individuals to make quantitative decisions on consuming the portions of different foods of desire. This strategy may be more effective in reality compared to the conventional GI (Glycemic Index) and GL (Glycemic Load) concepts. MDPI 2021-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7922165/ /pubmed/33670476 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10020444 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7922165/
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