Re: Association between Carbohydrate Intake and Serum Lipids

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William Wagner wrote:


Results: Cross-sectional analysis results from this study suggest that higher total carbohydrate intake, percentage of calories from carbohydrate, glycemic index (GI) and/or glycemic load (GL) are related to lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and higher serum triacylglycerol levels, while higher total carbohydrate intake and/or GL are related to lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. In a one-year longitudinal analysis, GL was positively associated with total and LDL-C levels, and there was an inverse association between percentage of calories from carbohydrate and HDL-C levels.


(My thinking Carbs lower HDL Bill) Still a confusing paragraph :))

This is true. Also responsible for raising TGLs.



Conclusions: Results suggest that there is a complex and predominantly unfavorable effect of increased intake of highly processed carbohydrate on lipid profile, which may have implications for metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and coronary heart disease. Further studies in the form of randomized controlled trials are required to investigate these associations and determine the implications for lipid management.


I wonder if Diabetic folks risk of CAD relates?

I also think BG may be considered normal at too high a level. Gut tells me lower is better yet I've seem low blood sugar in my father in law . Scary. Rock and a hard place comes to mind as does balance. With cheap carbs everywhere I wonder which side it is easier to err on ?



Here's this about that:

Ann Intern Med 1998 Apr 1;128(7):524-33



Metabolic risk factors worsen continuously across the spectrum of nondiabetic glucose tolerance. The Framingham Offspring Study.

Meigs JB, Nathan DM, Wilson PW, Cupples LA, Singer DE
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Public Health, 02114, USA. jmeigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BACKGROUND: Categorical definitions for glucose intolerance imply that risk thresholds exist, but metabolic risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease may increase continuously as glucose intolerance increases. OBJECTIVE: To examine the distributions of the following metabolic risk factors across the spectrum of glucose tolerance: overall and central obesity, hypertension, low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and increased triglyceride and insulin levels. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING: The community-based Framingham Offspring Study. PARTICIPANTS: 2583 adults without previously diagnosed diabetes. MEASUREMENTS: Clinical data; fasting glucose, insulin, and lipid levels; and glucose and insulin levels taken 2 hours after oral challenge were collected from 1991 to 1993. Glucose tolerance was determined by 1980 World Health Organization criteria. Patients with normal glucose tolerance were categorized into quintiles of fasting glucose. The distributions of each metabolic risk factor and the metabolic sum of the six risk factors were assessed across seven categories from the lowest quintile of normal fasting glucose level through impaired glucose tolerance and previously undiagnosed diabetes. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 54 years (range, 26 to 82 years); 52.7% of patients were women. Glucose tolerance testing found that 12.7% of patients had impaired glucose tolerance and 4.8% had previously undiagnosed diabetes. Multivariable-adjusted mean measures of risk factors and odds ratios for obesity, elevated waist-to-hip ratio, hypertension, low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, elevated triglyceride levels, and hyperinsulinemia showed continuous increases across the spectrum of nondiabetic glucose tolerance. Although a threshold effect near the upper range of nondiabetic glucose tolerance could not be ruled out for triglyceride levels in men and for insulin levels 2 hours after oral challenge in men and women, no other metabolic risk factors showed clear evidence of thresholds for increased risk. CONCLUSIONS: Metabolic risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus and for cardiovascular disease worsen continuously across the spectrum of glucose tolerance categories, beginning in the lowest quintiles of normal fasting glucose level.

PMID: 9518396, UI: 98175274


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