Abstract
Using data from the Nurses’ Health Study II, Bao and colleagues found a higher prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with increasing potato consumption.1 The authors stated that the high glycaemic index of potatoes, which causes a sharp postprandial rise in blood glucose concentrations and a risk of associated pancreatic β cells exhaustion, could explain this association.
Original language | English |
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Article number | i1188 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | BMJ |
Volume | 352 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Mar 2016 |
Keywords
- diet
- potato consumption
- diabetes