GI News—October 2006

In This Issue:

• Food for Thought
  —Something to chew on
• GI News Briefs
  —What women athletes need
  —More low fat dairy food, less type 2 diabetes
  —High blood glucose increases coronary artery disease risk
  —Giving children a healthy life
  —Why a low GI diet can help women with PCOS
• Low GI Food of the Month
  —Green peas
• Low GI Recipe of the Month
  —Gluten-free Apricot Nut Slice
• Success Stories
  —‘It is nothing short of a miracle’ – Rose
• What’s New?
  —Healthy Parent, Healthy Child
• Feedback—Your FAQs Answered
  1. I have gestational diabetes. What should I choose from the menu at my local Asian restaurant to stick to my daily food guide for carb serves?
  2. I love to bake, but want to reduce the GI of the products? Can you answer some questions about this?
  3. I have recently been diagnosed with irritable bowel disease and am interested to know if following a low GI diet would be recommended to help control my symptoms.
  4. Look it up in our A–Z: The GI Glossary completed

The publishers of the New Glucose Revolution series, Hachette Livre Australia, Hodder Mobius UK and Marlowe & Company New York, have agreed to give away a copy of The Low GI Diet Cookbook to every 1000th subscriber from now on. To subscribe, just click on ‘SUBSCRIBE’ at the top of the right-hand column.

GI News Editor: Philippa Sandall
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