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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
New doctoral research has backed up previous findings that rye bread results in lower blood sugar and insulin levels than white bread. Yet despite the unwavering popularity of traditional Finnish dark bread, domestic farmers have been turning away from growing rye, forcing bakers to import the crop from abroad.
New doctoral research by Jenni Lappi at the University of Eastern Finland has found that blood sugar and insulin levels were lower in consumers who had just eaten rye bread than their white-bread-eating counterparts.
The effects were observed both in healthy consumers as well as those with metabolic syndrome, a condition associated with increased risk of stroke or developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
The use of wholegrain products has been found in previous studies to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Official nutritional advice in Finland recommends eating three portions of wholegrain products a day.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/study_rye_bread_really_is_the_healthier_choice/7217835
New doctoral research by Jenni Lappi at the University of Eastern Finland has found that blood sugar and insulin levels were lower in consumers who had just eaten rye bread than their white-bread-eating counterparts.
The effects were observed both in healthy consumers as well as those with metabolic syndrome, a condition associated with increased risk of stroke or developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
The use of wholegrain products has been found in previous studies to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Official nutritional advice in Finland recommends eating three portions of wholegrain products a day.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/study_rye_bread_really_is_the_healthier_choice/7217835