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. 2011 Oct 30;2012:829238. doi: 10.1155/2012/829238

Table 1.

Subsequent meal effect of whole grains and lentils.

Study Initial/
1st meal
Subsequent meal Time between meals (h) Control food# Test food Complete meal (Y/N) Effect of test food on glucose at subsequent meal Breath hydrogen (fermentation)
Jenkins
et al.* [13]
B/F Lunch 4 WWB Lentils Y ↓ AUC by 38% ↑ 200%

Wolever et al. [14]
 (1) Dinner B/F ? Glucose Lentils N ↓ AUC N/A
 (2) Dinner B/F ? WWB Whole meal bread N =
 (3) Dinner B/F ? Bread and potato Lentil and barley Y = AUC; ↓ mean postprandial [G]

Liljeberg
et al. [10]
B/F Lunch 4 WWB Barley bread (long, slow cooking) + BF Y ↓ only with added BF, not barley bread alone N/A

Granfeldt
et al. [15]
Dinner B/F ? WWB Barley kernels N ↓ AUC N/A

Samra and Anderson [16] B/F Lunch 1.25 WWB/ Cornflakes Fiber One cereal Y ↓ AUC

Nilsson et al. [17] Dinner B/F 10.5 WWB Barley kernels orcut barley N ↓ AUC by 28%
↓ peak [G]

Nilsson et al. [18] Dinner B/F 10.5 WWB/ Spaghetti Spaghetti + high-dose BF N ↓ AUC

Nilsson et al. [11] B/F Lunch 4 WWB Rye kernels N ↓ AUC
Oat = AUC =
Barley kernels ↓ AUC
Dinner 10.5 WWB Rye kernels N ↓ AUC =
Oat = AUC
Barley kernels ↓ AUC

B/F: breakfast; AUC: area under the curve; WWB; white wheat bread; BF: barley fiber; [G]: glucose concentration.

All meals matched for available CHO except for*.

#Control foods were not prepared with whole grains.

The timing of the subsequent meal (1.25 h after BF) is too short for the second meal to be considered “lunch”.