Insulin index

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The insulin index describes the typical effect of various foods on the insulin level. The insulin index is similar to the glycemic index , but it does not refer to the blood sugar level , but to the associated increase in the insulin level. The advantage of this benchmark is that it also takes into account various foods such as meat or cheese, as they can also cause an increase in insulin even though they do not contain carbohydrates . Some foods also produce insulin responses that are not proportional to carbohydrate content or glycemic index (GI).

Holt et al. found that the glycemic index and insulin index are closely related in most foods, but that some foods high in protein or highly refined carbohydrates produce a disproportionate surge in insulin.

Examples

By definition, white bread has a value of 100 in the insulin index (as well as in the glycemic index). Particularly high increases in insulin are recorded in potatoes (121), white beans (120) and gummy bears (160). Compared to the amount of carbohydrates, particularly low increases in insulin are recorded in (white) pasta (40) and rice (79). Unexpectedly, meat (with practically no carbohydrates) results in an insulin index of 51 and cheese of 45.

See also

Web links

  • H. Mäkeläinen: The effect of β-glucan on the glycemic and insulin index . In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 61, 2007, ISSN  0308-4329 , pp. 779-785, doi : 10.1038 / sj.ejcn.1602561 , (online since: 6 December 2006).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SH Holt, JC Miller, P. Petocz: An insulin index of foods, The insulin demand generated by 1000-kJ portions of common foods . In: The American journal of clinical nutrition 66, 1997, ISSN  0002-9165 , pp. 1264-1276, PMID 9356547
  2. ^ David Mendosa: Insulin Index. July 8, 2014, accessed May 20, 2018 .