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Excellent study for healthy adults, butit has little or no value for anyone with type 2 diabetes. Even thesmall size of the study makes one have to ask if there is any valuein studies like these. Of course, it is a preliminary study fordetermining the value for additional studies.
There is two pieces of information thatI can take from this study. It explains why some people are able toeat more starchy foods than others. It also reinforces the abusepeople are receiving in the one-size-fits-all approach that theAmerican Diabetes Association, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics(formerly the American Dietetic Association), and the AmericanAssociation of Diabetes Educators have as their mantra.
This second study is surprising frommany aspects. A news organization (CNN) reporting somethingpotentially this important and the leading medical news feedscompletely ignoring the story. There have been other articles (see this ABC news article) like this in the past, but this is the mostrecent and seems the most promising.
I will echo the warning from the ABCnews article – “The doctors expressed concern that news of thisresearch could lead transplant patients to stop taking theirimmunosuppressants, which almost guarantees that they will experienceorgan rejection and loss of the transplant.”
So far, this has only been done forpatients with kidney transplants and other organs may well be on theway for this procedure, but to date have not been openly attempted. The study was published March 7, 2012 in the journal ScienceTranslational Medicine. The study describes the eight kidneytransplant patients who each received a stem cell therapy thatallowed donor and recipient immune cells to coexist in the same bodythus eliminating the need for daily immunosuppressants.
The third article is about promotingbreakfast that has foods with a low glycemic index that may helplevel out blood glucose throughout the morning and after the nextmeal. The researchers presented their findings at the Institute ofFood Technologists' Wellness 12 meeting.
Researchers emphasized that the lowglycemic index breakfast foods can increase the feelings of satietyand fullness and this may help people be less likely to overeatduring the day. Even though they are emphasizing low glycemic indexfoods, they make no nutritional recommendations. They only statethat these foods produce a gradual rise in blood glucose and insulinlevels, which is considered healthier for people with diabetes.
The researchers did say the idealbreakfast has these attributes:

• Savory
• Portable
• Pleasing texture
• Fills you up for extended periods of time
• Satiates quickly so less is consumed
• Affordable for the whole family to eat every day
• Non-fried
• Delicious without making you feeling guilty

They then listed low-and non-glycemicfoods that do promote satiety (feeling of fullness):

• Rolled oats and groats (hulled and crushed grain, usually oats)
• Pulses
• Whole grains
• Nuts and seeds
• Sweet potato
• Barley B-glucan
• Yam flour
• Glucomannan
• Durum pasta
• Vegetable flours
• Chia / flax seed
• Resistant starch

The researchers stated it may presentchallenges for food manufacturers, but it is well worth it to developthese products because of the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetesin the United States and beyond. It is estimated that by 2030, morethan 16 percent of the global population will have a blood glucoseproblem.