A Low-Glycemic Load Diet Facilitates Greater Weight Loss in Overweight Adults With High Insulin Secretion but Not in Overweight Adults With Low Insulin Secretion in the CALERIE Trial.

This article discusses research being done on the use of amylopectin starch in promoting the development of insulin resistance. It references a study by S. E. Byrnes et al published in a 1995 issue of the Journal of Nutrition. It compares the effect of a low-glycemic load hypocaloric diet and high-glycemic load diet on healthy overweight men and women.