Comparative study of Glycemic indices between palm sugar and white sugar in healthy Japanese adults - Comparative study of GI between palm sugar and white sugar in healthy Japanese adults

<Results> The conduct of this study was approved by Medical Corporation Heishinkai OPHAC Hospital ERC, and conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects. Prior to the initiation of the study, investigators fully explained about the study to all subjects using the informed consent document approved by the ERC and obtained written informed consent on a voluntary basis. This clinical study started on September 5, 2016 and ended on October 3, 2016. A total of 14 subjects gave written informed consent, and 12 subjects completed the study excluding 2 subjects who discontinued the study because the baseline value of area under the glucose curve was not obtained. The subjects who completed the study were 6 males and 6 females. The means +/- SDs of age, height, weight and BMI of the subjects were 25.5 +/- 2.9 years, 164.13 +/- 9.73 cm, 56.44 +/- 6.67 kg, and 20.93 +/- 0.88. The GI values of the 12 subjects following palm sugar and white intake were similar. The means +/- SDs of GI values after intake of palm sugar and white sugar were 66.35 +/- 16.64 and 69.97 +/- 34.75, respectively. No adverse events occurred in this clinical study. Refer to statistical analysis report for details of statistical analysis results.