FOOD WITH HIGH GLYCEMIC INDEXES AS A FACT OR OF METABOLIC STRESS IN PATIENTS WITH INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES-MELLITUS

Fifty-five patients aged 15-35 years with insulin-dependent diabetes m ellitus lasting 3.8+/-1.2 years underwent carbohydrate food loading. W ithin 2 hours after the meal, at 15-min intervals measurements were ma de of glycemia, C-peptide, insulin, glucagon, hydrocortisone, blood ST H levels. Contrary to foodstuffs with low glycemia indices (GI), i. e. vermicelli, buckwheat, the intake of fast absorbed products with high GI (potatos, hardtack, bread) stimulates glycemia and residual secret ion of the islet cells: Enhanced entrance of gastrointestinal glucose into the systemic blood flow and growing insulinemia aroused glucagon secretion depression. The body responses to the above prosesses, asses sed as metabolic stress, with increasing blood hydrocortisone and STH concentrations.