Eliana Bistriche Giuntini holds a degree in Nutrition from the University of São Paulo (USP) (1979), a master's degree (2000) and a doctorate (2005) in Applied Human Nutrition from the Interunit Graduate Program (FCF/FEA/FSP) of USP, and two postdoctoral degrees from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at USP. She is currently a researcher at the Food Research Center (FoRC/USP). She has experience in food composition, food chemical composition databases, and clinical trials with volunteers involving mainly unavailable carbohydrates, working on the following topics: evaluation of the glycaemic response—glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL); satiety, gastrointestinal hormones, intestinal functioning profile. She currently administers the Brazilian Food Composition Table—TBCA and is responsible for the glycaemic response assays by FORC.