Australian native grain reduces blood glucose response and Glycemic Index

• Published in: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Vol. 83; no. OCE1
• Main Authors: Pour, T., Binge, H., Cross, R., Moore, K., Pattison, A., Brand-Miller, J., Atkinson, F., Bell-Anderson, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.04.2024
• Subjects: Blood; Blood glucose; Blood levels; Carbohydrates; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Flour; Glucose; Glycemic index; Grain; Grasses; Hunger; Local communities; Native peoples; Regeneration; Satiety; Seeds; Wheat
• ISSN: 0029-6651; 1475-2719
• DOI: 10.1017/S0029665124000661

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are disproportionately affected by diet-related disease such as type 2 diabetes, the rate of which is 20 fold higher than that of non-Indigenous young Australians (1) . Before colonisation, Gomeroi and other First Nations people harvested, thr...