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Spaghetti is a form of pasta that is recommended to diabetic subjects in our setting and therefore the study of post prandial response of this food was carried out. Ten (10) type-2 diabetics and five (5) non- diabetics (control) were used for the study. Diabetic and control volunteers took test meal (spaghetti) consisting of 50 g of available carbohydrate portion. This was compared to their response on a separate occasion to the standard reference food (glucose) containing an identical amount of available carbohydrate (50 g). The glycaemic index (GI) was calculated using the method of Jenkins et al. (1981). The glycaemic index of spaghetti in type-2 diabetic subjects was 64 while that of control subjects was 60. The calculated GL of this meal equal 32 in diabetic subjects and 30 in control subjects.
Type 2 diabetes, Glycaemic index, Glycaemic load, Spaghetti
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