nutrients Review Dietary Glycemic Index and Load and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Assessment of Causal Relations Geoffrey Livesey 1,* , Richard Taylor 1, Helen F. Livesey 1, Anette E. Buyken 2, David J. A. Jenkins 3,4,5,6, Livia S. A. Augustin 4,7, John L. Sievenpiper 3,4,5,6, Alan W. Barclay 8, Simin Liu 9, Thomas M. S. Wolever 3,4, Walter C. Willett 10, Furio Brighenti 11 , Jordi Salas-Salvadó 12,13 , Inger Björck 14, Salwa W. Rizkalla 15, Gabriele Riccardi 16, Carlo La Vecchia 17 , Antonio Ceriello 18, Antonia Trichopoulou 19, Andrea Poli 20, Arne Astrup 21 , Cyril W. C. Kendall 3,4,22, Marie-Ann Ha 23 , Sara Baer-Sinnott 24 and Jennie C. Brand-Miller 25 1 Independent Nutrition Logic Ltd, 21 Bellrope Lane, Wymondham NR180QX, UK;
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