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Choosing your carbohydrates to prevent diabetes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

John Mathers
Affiliation:
Human Nutrition Research Centre, Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2002

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