Effect of Long-term Intake of Asian Food with
Different Glycemic Indices on Diabetic Control and
Protein Conservation in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
SURAT KOMINDR, M.D.*, SUREE INGSRISWANG, M.Sc.*,
NUSIRI LERDVUTHISOPON, Ph.D.**, ACHARA BOON TA WEE, B.Sc. *
Affiliation : *Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400,
**Faculty of Medicine, Thammasart University, Bangkok 12121,Thailand.
AbstractThe study was carried out in 10 females with type 2 diabetes aged 32-60 yrs. All of
them were receiving weight-maintaining diets composed of 12 per cent protein, 30 per cent
fat and 58 per cent carbohydrate. The only difference among all study-diets was the types
of complex carbohydrate used. High-glycemic diet (HG) or low glycemic diet (LG) consisted
mainly of glutinous rice or mungbean noodles and the intermediate-glycemic diet (DM) was
solely white rice. After the metabolic evaluation of the baseline diet (BL), each subject was
placed on DM and followed randomly by HG and LG or vice versa for 4 weeks each. The
diurnal plasma glucose levels tended to be lowest after LG. The integrated plasma glucose
levels among all diets were not different. The integrated insulin levels after DM and LG
did not differ but they were lower than HG and BL. Long-term ingestion of all test-diets
spilt less urinary glucose than BL, the lowest was LG. HbA1 levels and nitrogen balance after
all diets were better than BL, the best was LG. It was concluded that in addition to strict
dietary control, ingestion of mungbean noodles (a low glycemic diet) without increasing
fiber intake, can improve diabetic control and protein conservation in type 2 diabetes.
Keywords : Diabetic Diet, Mungbean Noodles, Glycemic Index, Glycemic Indices, Glutinous Rice, Sticky Rice, Asian Food, Rice
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