EFFECT OF CREAM CHEESE CONSUMPTION ON THE GLYCEMIC RESPONSE TO THE MEAL IN HEALTHY-SUBJECTS

The effects of the ingestion of 20% fat-cream cheese with a breakfast on glycaemic and insulinaemic responses of male healthy volunteers hav e been studied in two experiments with 12 subjects each. The results i ndicate that as few as 100 g cream cheese significantly decrease the m aximal glycaemic value and the area under the glucose curve, when comp ared with a standard french breakfast. Increasing the ingested amount of cream cheese has no further effect on the responses. The possible m echanisms are evoked. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Inc.