The Relationship between Glycemic Index and Human Health

Dear Colleagues,

Reducing postprandial glycemia is recognized as a beneficial physiological effect. Ways to reduce postprandial glycemia include slowing carbohydrate absorption by consuming low glycemic index (GI) and low glycemic load (GL) foods to reduce the dietary GI and GL. Accumulating evidence supports a role of a low GI/GL diet in the prevention of major chronic diseases.

This Special Issue of Nutrients encourages the submission of original research or systematic reviews (including meta-analyses) addressing the following questions:

• How can we improve the measurement of the GI of carbohydrate-containing foods and/or the estimation of dietary GI and GL?
• Which novel mechanisms should be considered when discussing the effect of the dietary GI/GL and major chronic diseases?
• What is the role of the dietary GI/GL in the prevention and treatment of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease? Is the quality of carbohydrate more important than the amount?
• What are the long-term associations between dietary GI/GL and population risk of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and cognitive function?
• Which public health measures are required to facilitate the consumption of low GI/GL diets?
• Are all low GI/GL diets sustainable from a healthy planet perspective?
• Which carbohydrate-based foods will provide an optimal combination of health benefits, environmental sustainability, cost, and public acceptability?

Prof. Anette E. Buyken
Prof. Jennie Brand-Miller
Guest Editors

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