Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: 10.1515/prolas-2017-0077
Title: Glycaemic profile and insulin response after consuming triticale flakes
Authors: Havensone, Guna
Meija, Laila
Balode, Liga
Sturite, Ieviņa
Lejnieks, Aivars
Rīga Stradiņš University
Keywords: Glycaemic response;Healthy subjects;Insulinemic response;Triticale;3.2 Clinical medicine;3.3 Health sciences;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;General;SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Issue Date: Dec-2017
Citation: Havensone , G , Meija , L , Balode , L , Sturite , I & Lejnieks , A 2017 , ' Glycaemic profile and insulin response after consuming triticale flakes ' , Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences , vol. 71 , no. 6 , pp. 434-439 . https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2017-0077
Abstract: Daily intake of cereal fibre reduces incidence and progression of metabolic diseases. Very little is known on how triticale (Triticosecale) influences human health and its role in regulating carbohydrate metabolism. The aim of the study was to investigate glycaemic and insulin response in blood after consuming whole grain triticale cereal flakes. A group of twelve healthy, young people, aged from 18 to 30 years participated in the test. The participants in fasted state were given equivalent carbohydrate amounts of triticale cereal and reference food (glucose solution). Postprandial blood glucose and plasma insulin concentrations were measured according to Brouns et al. (2005). Whole grain triticale cereal flakes elicited lower metabolic responses compared to glucose solution. Intake of the triticale cereal flakes induced significantly lower incremental insulin area (iAUC 0-120 min) 1672.9 ± 619.85 than glucose solution 2646.65 ± 1260.56 and showed lower insulinemic indices (II) 68 ± 19.0 (p < 0.05). A low insulin incremental peak was associated with less severe late post-prandial hypoglycaemia. Our study showed that triticale cereal product caused low acute insulinemic response and improved glycaemic profiles, similarly to the rye products studied before. The results also suggested that the triticale cereal flakes could have beneficial appetite regulating properties. Thus, triticale flakes would be a wonderful option for functional breakfast cereal mixtures that might influence course of metabolic syndrome prevention.
Description: Funding Information: We thank Vinita Cauce for her help in data analysis and interpretation of the data. The present research leading to these results received funding from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009–2014 under Project “Innovative approach to hull-less spring cereals and triticale use from human health perspective” (NFI/R/2014/011). Publisher Copyright: © 2017 De Gruyter Open Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1515/prolas-2017-0077
ISSN: 1407-009X
Appears in Collections:Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure

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