ea0037ep616 | Obesity and cardiovascular endocrinology | ECE2015
Livadas Sarantis
, Dastamani Antonia
, Stefanaki Charikleia
, Mantzou Emily
, Painesi Areti
, Papanikolaou Eleni
, Chrousos George
Introduction: Half of subjects following a low-calorie dietary program cannot tolerate its nutritional restrictions and abandon it. A realistic approach to overcome this obstacle is the addition of low glycaemic index (GI), low glycaemic load (GL) snacks in their nutrition. Stevia, a potent, low calorie natural sweetener exerts anti-hyperglycaemic and insulinotropic activities. Furthermore, Vitamin D deficiency may affect diabetes development in the long run.<p class="abst...