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KMID : 1161420230260060416
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Journal of Medicinal Food
2023 Volume.26 No. 6 p.416 ~ p.421
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Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load of Two Dishes Cooked with Alache (Anoda cristata) and Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) Plants from the Traditional Mexican Diet
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Teodor C. Pitea
Reina Rosas-Romero
Ma. Amanda Mariscal-Galvez
Fabiola Ayala-Alcantara
Hector Bourges-Rodriguez
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Abstract
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Correct nutrition is important for keeping good health; to attain that, the diet has to include vegetables such as quelites. The objective of this study was to determine the glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) of rice and a tamal prepared with and without two species of quelites: “alache” (Anoda cristata) and “chaya” (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius). The GI was measured in 10 healthy subjects, 7 women and 3 men, with the following mean metrics: age, 23 years old; body weight, 61.3?kg; height, 1.65?m; body mass index, 22.7?kg/m2; and basal glycemia, 77.4?mg/dL. Capillary blood samples were collected within 2?h after the meal. White rice (rice with no quelites) had a GI of 75.35?±?15.6 and a GL of 36.17?±?7.8; rice with alache had a GI of 33.74?±?5.85 and a GL 33.74?±?1.85. White tamal had a GI of 57.33?±?10.23 and a GC of 26.65?±?5.12; tamal with chaya had a GI of 46.73?±?22.1 and a GL of 23.36?±?11. The GI and GL values recorded for the combination of quelites with rice and tamal confirmed that quelites could be a good alternative for healthy diets.
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KEYWORD
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alache, chaya, glycemic index, glycemic load
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