Response to Irwin
- Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, CDE and
- John P. Bantle, MD
- Co-chair American Diabetes Association Nutrition Principles and Recommendations Task Force
The American Diabetes Association nutrition principles and recommendations (1,2) do acknowledge that a number of factors influence the glycemic response to food, including the amount of carbohydrate, type of sugar, nature of the starch, cooking and food processing, particle size, food structure, and other food components (fat and natural substances that slow digestion) as well as the fasting and preprandial glucose concentrations, severity …
