CONCLUSIONS Pasta in the context of low-GI dietary patterns does not adversely affect adiposity and even reduces body weight and BMI compared with higher-GI dietary patterns .
OBJECTIVE Carbohydrate staples such as pasta have been implicated in the obesity epidemic .
It is unclear whether pasta contributes to weight gain or like other low-glycaemic index ( GI ) foods contributes to weight loss .
We synthesis ed the evidence of the effect of pasta on measures of adiposity .
Effect of glycemic index on obesity control.
OBJECTIVE Evaluate the effect of glycemic index ( GI ) on biochemical parameters , food intake , energy metabolism , anthropometric measures and body composition in overweight subjects . MATERIAL S AND METHODS Simple blind study , in which nineteen subjects were r and omly assigned to consume in the laboratory two daily low GI ( n = 10 ) or high GI ( n = 9 ) meals , for forty-five consecutive days . Habitual food intake was assessed at baseline . Food intake , anthropometric measures and body composition were assessed at each 15 days . Energy metabolism and biochemical parameters were evaluated at baseline and the end of the study . RESULTS Low GI meals increased fat oxidation , and reduced waist circumference and HOMA-IR , while high GI meals increased daily dietary fiber and energy intake compared to baseline . There was a higher reduction on waist circumference and body fat , and a higher increase on postpr and ial fat oxidation in response to the LGI meals than after high GI meals . High GI meals increased fasting respiratory coefficient compared to baseline and low GI meals . CONCLUSION The results of the present study showed that the consumption of two daily low GI meals for forty-five consecutive days has a positive effect on obesity control , whereas , the consumption of high GI meals result has the opposite effect
CONCLUSIONS Pasta in the context of low-GI dietary patterns does not adversely affect adiposity and even reduces body weight and BMI compared with higher-GI dietary patterns .
OBJECTIVE Carbohydrate staples such as pasta have been implicated in the obesity epidemic .
It is unclear whether pasta contributes to weight gain or like other low-glycaemic index ( GI ) foods contributes to weight loss .
We synthesis ed the evidence of the effect of pasta on measures of adiposity .