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The Effect Of A High Fiber, High Carbohydrate Diet On Blood Sugar Levels Utilizing Traditional Foods Of The Choctaw Indians, Martha Sharp Aug 1984

The Effect Of A High Fiber, High Carbohydrate Diet On Blood Sugar Levels Utilizing Traditional Foods Of The Choctaw Indians, Martha Sharp

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This was a quasi-experimental study designed to determine the difference in blood sugar levels in subjects diagnosed with diabetes mellitus who received teaching on a high fiber, high carbohydrate diet and subjects diagnosed with diabetes mellitus who did not receive this dietary teaching. The researcher hypothesized that when the blood sugar levels of diabetic Indians who participated in a planned, high fiber, high carbohydrate dietary teaching program were compared to diabetic Indians who participated in the ADA diabetic exchange dietary teaching program and to diabetic Indians who chose not to participate in either teaching program, there would be no significant …