Research Progress of Low Glycemic-Load Food

Abstract:

As a kind of chronic metabolic diseases，diabetes mellitus has been paid more and more attention all over the world. In this paper，the development tendency of diabetes mellitus around the world and the research progress of low glycemic-index food were summarized. The food materials of low glycemic-index（starch，protein，fat and trace elements） and the effects of formulation of nutrients，the processing and the edible modes on the postprandial blood sugar level were also introduced in details. It would be useful for the further development of low glycemic-load food. Keywords： low glycemic-load，diabetes mellitus，combination of nutrients，processing technology，edible way