Study on potato consumption will increase confusion regarding food and the risk of gestational diabetes

Mullie, Patrick and Boniol, Mathieu and Autier, Philippe (2016) Study on potato consumption will increase confusion regarding food and the risk of gestational diabetes. BMJ, 352. i1188. ISSN 0959-8146 (https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1188)

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Abstract

Using data from the Nurses’ Health Study II, Bao and colleagues found a higher prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with increasing potato consumption.1 The authors stated that the high glycaemic index of potatoes, which causes a sharp postprandial rise in blood glucose concentrations and a risk of associated pancreatic β cells exhaustion, could explain this association.