Role of Slowly Digesible Starch on Diabetes Risk Factors

Exclusion Criteria

• •Have evidence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, symptomatic cholelithiasis (gallstones), or cancer
• •Have a fasting blood glucose less than 100 mg/dL or greater than 125 mg/dL
• •Have an average screening blood pressure \> 150/100 mm Hg
• •Are a pre-menopausal woman but do not have a regular menstrual cycle
• •Are pregnant or breastfeeding
• •Chronically use medications including diuretics, steroids, and adrenergic-stimulating agents
• •Have emotional problems such as clinical depression or other diagnosed psychological conditions
• •Use hormonal contraceptives, oral or parenteral glucocorticoids, or any other medication known to influence glucose or insulin homeostasis (balance), within 1 month of study
• •Have a clinically significant gastrointestinal malabsorption syndrome, chronic diarrhea, or use antibiotics within one month of study
• •Have abnormal laboratory markers (e.g., elevated potassium levels, hemoglobin or hematocrit below the lower limit of normal)
• •Chronically consume alcohol (\> 4 servings per day) or actively smoke cigarettes (\> 1/4 pack per day)
• •Are on any chronic medication that has not had a stable dose for 1 month or longer
• •Are required to perform of any kind of heavy physical activity
• •Have metal objects in the body, such as a pacemaker, metal pins, bullet, etc.