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Carbohydrate structures

A number of projects have been completed, or are currently underway, that investigate the impact of dietary carbohydrates on our health.

Studies include:

Publications resulting from these studies include:

  • Elbalshy M, Reynolds AN, Mete E, Robinson C, Oey I, Silcock P, Haszard J, Perry T, Mann J, Te Morenga L. Gelatinization and milling whole-wheat increases postprandial glycemia: randomized crossover study of adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2020 Accepted December.
  • Reynolds AN, Diep Pham HT, Montez J, Mann J. Dietary fibre intakes in childhood or adolescence and subsequent health outcomes: systematic review of prospective observational studies. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 2020 https://doi/full/10. 1111/dom.14176.
  • Åberg S, Mann J, Neumann S, Ross A, Reynolds AN. Wholegrain processing and glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes: a randomised crossover trial. Diabetes Care. 2020 43:doi.org/10.2337/dc20-0263.
  • Reynolds AN, Mann J, Cummings J, Winter N, Mete E, Te Morenga L. Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta analyses. The Lancet. 2019 393: 434-445.
  • Reynolds AN, Åberg S, Diep Pham HT, Mann J, Broadbent J. Does processing of wholegrain foods affect salivary pH or dental plaque accumulation? A randomised crossover trial among adults with type 2 diabetes. New Zealand Dental Journal. 2020 116:115-119.
  • Reynolds AN, Mann J, Elbalshy M, Mete E, Robinson C, Oey I, Silcock P, Downes N, Perry T, Te Morenga L. Wholegrain particle size influences postprandial glycaemia in type 2 diabetes: a randomised crossover study comparing four wholegrain breads. Diabetes Care. 2019 doi.org/10.2337/dc19-1466.

Further information

Read more about EDOR's collaboration with the Riddet Institute

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