G. Cedermark et al., GLYCEMIC EFFECT AND SATIATING CAPACITY OF POTATO-CHIPS AND MILK CHOCOLATE BAR AS SNACKS IN TEENAGERS WITH DIABETES, European journal of pediatrics, 152(8), 1993, pp. 635-639
In 14 adolescents with diabetes, the postprandial blood glucose, after
ingestion of two popular snacks, milk chocolate bar and potato chips,
was compared to a prescribed mid-afternoon snack that was isocaloric
with the comparison snacks. The prescribed diabetes snack consisted of
wholemeal wheat bread, margarine, cheese and apple (1533 kJ/365 kcal)
: 14% protein, 32% fat and 54% carbohydrate. The milk chocolate bar an
d the potato chips contained 4% protein, 55% fat and 41% carbohydrate.
The mean blood glucose peak was 4.7 (+/- 0.8) mmol/l after the regula
r diabetes snack, after the milk chocolate bar 2.9 (+/- 0.6) mmol/l, a
nd 3.2 (+/- 0.6) mmol/l after the potato chips (P > 0.05). The mean in
cremental area under the blood glucose curve was 450.3 (+/- 105.5) mmo
l/l X 180 min for the regular diabetes snack, 269.5 (+/- 96.7) mmol/l
x 180 min for the milk chocolate bar and 191.7 (+/- 95.0) mmol/l x 180
min for the potato chips (P > 0.05). We conclude that an occasional e
xchange of a regular diabetes afternoon snack for an isocaloric amount
of milk chocolate bar or potato chips has no negative impact on the p
ostprandial blood glucose.