Publications by authors named "Busra Erdal"
The effects of diet quality and dietary acid load on insulin resistance in overweight children and adolescents.
Endocrinol Diabetes Nutr (Engl Ed)
July 2022
Article Synopsis
- - The study analyzed the link between diet quality (DQ) and dietary acid load (DAL) with insulin resistance (IR) in overweight kids and teens aged 6-17.
- - Results showed that those with IR had lower DQ scores and higher DAL measurements, indicating that poorer diet quality may be tied to higher insulin resistance.
- - The findings suggest that improving diet quality and reducing dietary acid load could lower the risk of insulin resistance in overweight children and adolescents.
Purpose: Hyperinsulinemia is related to the development of several chronic diseases, particularly obesity. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the association between the insulinemic potential of both total diet and meals, measured by the glycemic index (GI), glycemic load (GL), insulin index (II), and insulin load (IL), and overweight risk among children and adolescents.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 205 overweight and 146 normal-weight participants aged 6-18 years.
Article Synopsis
- This study aimed to examine how different insulin dosing methods (carbohydrate counting vs. food insulin index) affect blood sugar levels after eating high-fat, protein-rich meals in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
- The trial involved 15 teens consuming meals with different glycemic indices while monitoring their blood sugar levels using a continuous glucose monitoring system.
- Results showed that the food insulin index method led to significantly better control of blood sugar spikes after high-GI meals compared to carbohydrate counting, although both methods had similar rates of hypoglycemia.