Table 4 |
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Mean glycemic indices of dates in healthy and type 2 DM subjects1 |
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Variety |
Weight consumed (in g)* |
Healthy subjects (n = 13) Mean GI ± SEM |
Types 2 DM subjects (n = 10) Mean GI ± SEM |
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Fara'd |
72.5 |
54.0 ± 6.1 |
46.1 ± 6.2 |
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Lulu |
73.6 |
53.5 ± 8.6 |
43.8 ± 7.7 |
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Bo ma'an |
72.7 |
46.3 ± 7.1 |
51.8 ± 6.9 |
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Dabbas |
76.2 |
49.1 ± 3.6 |
50.2 ± 3.9 |
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Khalas |
72.6 |
55.1 ± 7.7 |
53.0 ± 6.0 |
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1 Values are given as mean ± SEM. *Weights of dates are equivalent to 50 g of available carbohydrate. |
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Alkaabi et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:59 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-59 |
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