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. 2021 May 28;114(2):472–487. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab098

TABLE 2.

Characteristics of included studies (n = 25 RCTs)

Reference Study design Participants (health status, number of participants, sex, BMI, age) Intervention vs. control Outcomes
van Amelsvoort & Weststrate, 1992 (32) RCT, BNR Healthy 22M24.1 ± 0.5 kg/m240 ± 2.2 y CHO 37.1 g high amylose rice (45%) vs. low amylose rice (0%) Glucose ↔Insulin ↓Subjective satiety ↑
Behall & Hallfrisch, 2002 (33) RCT, BNR Healthy 13M + 12FM: 27.9 ± 0.7 kg/m241.2 ± 2.4 y;F: 27.1 ± 0.9 kg/m241.0 ± 2.4 y CHO 1 g/1 kg body weight; high amylose starch bread (70%) vs. low amylose starch bread (30%) Glucose ↓Insulin ↓
Hospers et al., 1994 (34) RCT, BNR Healthy 16M23.6 ± 0.4 kg/m241.8 ± 2.0 y CHO 34.5 g high amylose pasta (70%) vs. low amylose pasta (25.9%) GlucoseInsulin ↓Subjective satiety ↔
Zenel & Stewart, 2015 (35) RCT, Single-blinded Healthy 9M + 9F20.1–26.8 kg/m221–37 y CHO not given high amylose rice (30% of dry basis) vs. low amylose rice (9.7% dry basis) Glucose ↓Insulin ↔Subjective satiety ↔
Ang et al., 2020 (36) RCT, Single-blinded Healthy 4M + 8WM: 21.25 ± 2.29 kg/m222.25 ± 2.5 yF: 21.25 ± 2.29 kg/m222.25 ± 1.67 y CHO 50 g noodles made by high amylose wheat flour (45%) vs. noodles made by low amylose wheat flour (15% and 20%) Glucose ↓
Petropoulou et al., 2020 (37) RCT, Double-blinded Healthy 12Normal BMI18–65 y CHO 50 g BC1/19 rr mutant peas vs. BC1/19 RR wide type peas Glucose ↓Insulin ↓GIP ↔GLP-1↔
Burton & Lightowler, 2006 (38) RCT, BNR Healthy 4M + 6F23.9 ± 2 kg/m250.4 ± 9.1 y CHO 50 g breads with less proving time (bread 1,2) vs. bread with more proving time (bread 3,4) Glucose ↔Subjective satiety ↑
Eelderink et al., 2015 (39) RCT, BNR Healthy 10M22 ± 0.2 kg/m224 ± 0.6 y CHO 50 g flat bread (less-gelatinized) vs. control bread (more-gelatinized) GlucoseInsulin ↓Subjective satiety ↔GIP ↔GLP-1 ↔CCK ↓
Gustafsson et al., 1995 (40) RCT, BNR Healthy 10M20.2–28.8 kg/m236–45 y CHO 59.7 g raw carrots vs. microwaved carrots Glucose ↓Insulin ↓Subjective satiety ↔
Jenkins et al., 1982 (41) RCT, BNR Healthy 2M + 6F94 ± 5% desirable weight,29 ± 8 y CHO 50 g 20 min-boiled lentils vs. 1 h-boiled lentils Boiled 20 min vs. 1 hGlucose ↓
Jung et al., 2009 (42) RCT, BNR Healthy 12FHeight: 160.5 ± 5.0cmWeight: 55.5 ± 7.4 kg21.8 ± 2.7 y CHO 50 g uncooked rice powder (3.5% gelatinization) vs. cooked rice (76.9% gelatinization) Glucose ↔Insulin ↔
Panlasigui et al., 1991 (43) RCT, BNR Healthy 4M + 7F100 ± 10% ideal body weight36.5 ± 6.75 y CHO 50 g less gelatinized rice (IR62, IR36) vs. gelatinized rice (IR42) IR62 vs. IR42Glucose ↓Insulin ↔IR36 vs. IR42Glucose ↓Insulin ↔
van Amelsvoort & Weststrate, 1992 (32) RCT, BNR Healthy 22M24.1 ± 0.5 kg/m240 ± 2.2 y CHO 37.1 g reheated rice vs. freshly cooked rice GlucoseInsulin ↓Subjective satiety ↔
Sonia et al., 2015 (44) RCT, Single-blinded Healthy 5M + 10F22.2 ± 1.8 kg/m230.6 ± 5.2 y CHO 42.5 g reheated rice vs. freshly cooked rice Glucose ↓
Greffeuille et al., 2015 (45) RCT, Single-blinded Healthy 8M + 7F22.4 ± 1.8 kg/m224 ± 2.9 y CHO 26.6 g faba bean pasta processed by low temp. vs. faba bean pasta processed by very high temp. Glucose ↔Insulin ↔Subjective Satiety ↔
Anguah et al., 2014 (46) RCT, Double-blinded Healthy 4M + 8F23.3 ± 3.1 kg/m228 ± 10 y CHO 50 g whole lentils vs. blended lentils Glucose ↔Subjective satiety ↔
Clegg et al., 2013 (47) RCT, Non-blinded Healthy 6M + 6FM:23.5 ± 2.9 kg/m2F: 22.1 ± 2.8 kg/m2M + F: 28.7 ± 5.9 y CHO 34 gMixed meal of rice, chicken, carrots, peas, onion, mushroom, and celerySolid mixed meal vs. chunky mixed meal (semi-blended) vs. smooth mixed meal (blended) Solid vs. liquidGlucose ↓Subjective satiety ↓chunky vs. liquidGlucose ↓Subjective satiety ↔
O'Donnell et al., 1989 (48) RCT, BNR Healthy ileostomy4M + 5FNormal BMIAge 30–69 y CHO = 52.4 gScone made by coarse flour vs. scone made by fine flour Glucose ↓Insulin ↓
Edwards et al., 2015 (49) RCT, Single-blinded Healthy ileostomy2M + 7F23.9 ± 3.9 kg/m247.8 ± 18.0 y CHO 57.8 gWheat porridgeCoarse (>2 mm) vs. smooth (<0.2 mm) Glucose ↓Insulin ↓GIP ↓GLP-1 ↔
Eelderink et al., 2017 (50) RCT, BNR Healthy 10M22 ± 0.2 kg/m224 ± 0.6 y CHO 50 g wheat bread with large particles vs. wheat bread with small particles GlucoseInsulin ↓Subjective satiety ↔GLP-1 ↓GIP ↔CCK ↔
Holt & Miller, 1994 (51) RCT, BNR Healthy 5M + 5F23.1 ± 0.5 kg/m222.3 ± 0.8 y CHO 57.6 g grains served at 4 degrees of milling: whole grain, crack grain (combined as large particles group) vs. coarse flour + fine flour (combined as small particles group) Glucose ↓Insulin ↓Subjective satiety ↑
Jenkins et al., 1982 (41) RCT, BNR Healthy 2M + 6F94 ± 5% desirable weight,29 ± 8 y CHO 50 g whole lentils vs. blended lentils Glucose ↓
Johansson et al., 2015 (52) RCT, BNR Healthy 7M + 16F22.8 ± 1.1 kg/m259.1 ± 14.7 y CHO 50 g fermented whole grain rye crisp bread vs. unfermented whole grain rye crisp bread Glucose ↓Insulin ↓Subjective satiety ↔
Mackie et al., 2017 (53) RCT, BNR Healthy 10M22 ± 0.2 kg/m224 ± 0.6 y CHO 50 gWheat bread with large particles vs. wheat bread with small particles GlucoseInsulin ↓Subjective satiety ↔GLP-1 ↓GIP ↔CCK ↔
Petropoulou et al., 2020 (37) RCT, Double-blinded Healthy 12Normal BMI18–65 y CHO 50 g whole peas vs. pea flours Glucose ↓Insulin ↓GIP↓GLP-1↔
Ranawana et al., 2014 (54) RCT, Non-blinded Healthy 8M + 7F20.5 ± 4 kg/m226 ± 6 y CHO 50 g rice with 15 chews vs. with 30 chews Glucose ↓
Read et al., 1986 (55) RCT, BNR Healthy 4M + 8FNormal BMIAge 19–22 y CHO = 50Apple, rice, potato, and sweetcorn no chews vs. thorough chews Glucose ↓
Zhu et al., 2013 (56) RCT, BNR Healthy 21M24.8 ± 0.6 kg/m224 ± 1 y CHO 51 g pizza 15 chews vs. 40 chews Glucose ↔Insulin ↔GIP ↔CCK ↔Ghrelin ↔Subjective satiety ↔Energy intake ↔

Double arrows (↔) indicate no significant difference in iAUC between the intervention and control groups, downward arrows (↓) indicate the iAUC for the intervention group is significantly smaller than that for the control group, and upward arrows (↑) indicate the iAUC for the intervention group is significantly bigger than that of the control group. Abbreviations: BC1/19RR, wild type peas; BC1/19rr, naturally mutating peas in the starch branching enzyme I gene (SBEI); BNR, blinding not reported; CCK, cholecystokinin; CHO, carbohydrate; GIP, gastric inhibitory peptide; GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide 1; iAUC, incremental AUC; IR36, IR42, IR62, rice varieties; RCT, randomized crossover trial.