Carbohydrate quality and quantity and risk of type 2 diabetes in US women.

Hala B AlEssa Shilpa N BhupathirajuVasanti S MalikNicole M WedickHannia CamposBernard A Rosner Walter Churchill Willett Frank B Hu

Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2015)

Diets with high starch, low fiber, and a high starch-to-cereal fiber ratio were associated with a higher risk of T2D. The starch-to-cereal fiber ratio of the diet may be a novel metric for assessing carbohydrate quality in relation to T2D.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
weight loss
quality improvement
polycystic ovary syndrome
lactic acid
glycemic control
pregnant women
metabolic syndrome
breast cancer risk