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The glycemic index of mixed meals can be calculated using the weighted average of individual food components.
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4 sources for · 2 against

Scientific literature is divided on whether the glycemic index of mixed meals can be accurately predicted or calculated from individual food components. While some studies show that calculated expected values align well with observed postprandial responses, others demonstrate that nutrient interactions and complex macronutrient combinations can yield significantly lower actual glycemic responses than simple calculations predict.

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official record 3x · fact-check 2x · hedged 1x · crowd & reference 1x

  • Foods · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1 · 2021
  • OpenAIRE · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1 · 2021
  • OpenAIRE · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1 · 1985
  • OpenAIRE · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1 · 2017
  • peer-reviewed literature · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.3 · 2011
  • OpenAIRE · peer-reviewed · refutes · weight 1 · 1987
  • peer-reviewed literature · peer-reviewed · refutes · weight 1.3 · 2019
Evidence for · 4
Glycemic Responses of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes to Individual Carbohydrate-Rich Foods and Mixed Meals
2011 · cited by 13
Supported the utility of individual food GIs when applied to mixed meals, though exceptions occurred.
Evidence against · 2
Effect of nutrient composition in a mixed meal on the postprandial glycemic response in healthy people: a preliminary study
2019 · cited by 30
Showed that a complex mixed meal led to significantly lower actual GI and GL values than those derived by nutrient-based calculations.
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More for · 3
Foods: Development of a Prediction Model to Estimate the Glycemic Load of Ready-to-Eat Meals
2021 · cited by 0
Derives a prediction formula for glycemic load based on nutrient composition in mixed meals.
OpenAIRE: Prediction of the Relative Blood Glucose Response of Mixed Meals Using the White Bread Glycemic Index
1985 · cited by 0
Demonstrated that the observed GI of mixed meals was close to expected values calculated from individual foods.
OpenAIRE: Evaluation of the glycemic indices of three commonly eaten mixed meals in Okada, Edo State
2017 · cited by 0
Evaluates mixed meal glycemic indices and notes they are affected by constituent nutrients and proportions.
More against · 1
OpenAIRE: Effect of Source of Dietary Carbohydrate on Plasma Glucose and Insulin Responses to Mixed Meals in Subjects With NIDDM
1987 · cited by 0
Found that plasma glucose responses to mixed meals were not predicted by the calculated glycemic potencies of individual foods.
Everything we examined (18)
  1. Wikipedia: Glycemic indexreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Wikipedia: Mealreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Book: Glycemic Index Cookbook For Dummiesreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. CRC Press: Nutrition in exercise and sportreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. CRC Press: Nutrition in exercise and sportreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. B.C. Decker: Nutrition in pediatrics : basic science and clinical applicationreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Foods: Development of a Prediction Model to Estimate the Glycemic Load of Ready-to-Eat Mealspeer-reviewedsupports
  8. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism: Glycemic index of wheat and rice are similar when consumed as part of a North Indian mixed mealpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Nutrition Journal: Acute effect of meal glycemic index and glycemic load on blood glucose and insulin responses in humanspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. OpenAIRE: Effect of Source of Dietary Carbohydrate on Plasma Glucose and Insulin Responses to Mixed Meals in Subjects With NIDDMpeer-reviewedrefutes
  11. OpenAIRE: Glycemic index of wheat and rice are similar when consumed as part of a North Indian mixed mealpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. OpenAIRE: Development of a Prediction Model to Estimate the Glycemic Load of Ready-to-Eat Mealspeer-reviewedsupports
  13. OpenAIRE: Effect of redesigned Indian mixed meals on blood glucose and insulin levels in normal versus type 2 diabetic subjects–a comparative studypeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. OpenAIRE: Prediction of the Relative Blood Glucose Response of Mixed Meals Using the White Bread Glycemic Indexpeer-reviewedsupports
  15. OpenAIRE: Evaluation of the glycemic indices of three commonly eaten mixed meals in Okada, Edo Statepeer-reviewedsupports
  16. The Potential of an in Vitro Digestion Method for Predicting Glycemic Response of Foods and Mealspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  17. Effect of nutrient composition in a mixed meal on the postprandial glycemic response in healthy people: a preliminary studypeer-reviewedrefutes
  18. Glycemic Responses of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes to Individual Carbohydrate-Rich Foods and Mixed Mealspeer-reviewedsupports
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