Thomas M.S. Wolever D.M., Ph.D.

Professor Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto FitzGerald Building, Room 434 150 College Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2 CANADA Tel: (416) 978-5556 Fax: (416) 978-5882 Email:thomas.wolever@utoronto.ca

Research

My research interests focus on the role of dietary carbohydrates in health and disease, especially in the prevention and treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes. Current research projects include: (a) effect of carbohydrate foods and meal components on blood glucose and insulin responses, (b) effect of cereal fiber on appetite and metabolic responses (c) role of diet in the prevention and treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes, (d) effect of long-term fiber intake on colonic short chain fatty acids, (e) production, absorption and metabolic effects of colonic short chain fatty acids

Recent Publications

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Methodology For Measuring Glycaemic Responses

• Velangi A, Fernandes G, Wolever TMS. Evaluation of a glucose meter for determining the glycemic responses of foods. Clin Chim Acta 2005;356:191-98. 15936317
• Wolever TMS, Gibbs AL, Spolar M, Hitchner EV, Heimowitz C. Equivalent glycemic load (EGL): a method for quantifying the glycemic responses elicited by low carbohydrate foods. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2006;3:33. 16930483
• Wolever TMS, Ip B, Moghaddam E. Measuring glycaemic responses: duplicate fasting samples or duplicate measures of one fasting sample? Brit J Nutr 2006;96:799-802. 17092366
  

Application of Glycaemic Index

• Fernandes G, Velangi A, Wolever TMS. Glycemic index of potatoes commonly consumed in North America. J Am Dietet Assoc 2005;105:557-562. 15800557
• Wolever TMS, Yang M, Zeng XY, Atkinson F, Brand-Miller JC. Food glycemic index, as given in GI tables, is a significant determinant of glycemic responses elicited by composite breakfasts. Am J Clin Nutr 2006;83:
  1306-1312. 16762941

Insulin Insensitivity/Diabetes Risk

• Cohn TA, Remington G, Zipursky RB, Azad A, Connolly P, Wolever TMS. Insulin resistance and adiponectin levels in drug-free patients with schizophrenia: a preliminary report. Can J Psychiatry 2006;51:382-386. 16786820
• Moghaddam E, Vogt JA, Wolever TMS. The effects of fat and protein on glycemic responses in non-diabetic humans vary with waist-circumference, fasting plasma insulin and dietary fiber intake. J Nutr 2006;136:2506-11. 16988118
  

Colonic Fermentation

• Vogt JA, Pencharz PB, Wolever TMS. L-rhamnose raises serum propionate in humans. Am J Clin Nutr 2004;
  80:89-94. 15213033
• Vogt JA, Ishii-Schrade KB, Pencharz PB, Wolever TMS. L-Ramnose increases serum propionate after long-term supplementation, but lactulose does not raise serum acetate. Am J Clin Nutr 2004;80:1254-61. 15531673
• Vogt JA, Ishii-Schrade KB, Pencharz PB, Jones PJH, Wolever TMS. L-rhamnose and lactulose decrease serum triacylglycerols and their rates of synthesis, but do not affect serum cholesterol concentrations in men.
  J Nutr 2006;136:2160-66. 16857835