Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Flaxseed oil is just as good as fish oil Nicole Senior Fact: A client once told me she poured flaxseed oil over her breakfast cereal. My initial (private) thought was ‘yuck, that can’t taste good’, but I was also intrigued. A web-search on flaxseed oil advertisements yielded claims bordering on the miraculous. I felt …
Low GI Recipes of the Month
American dietitian, Johanna Burani invites GI News readers to try recipes from her Italian kitchen (photographed by Sergio Burani). Johanna Burani Flourless chocolate hazelnut cake This cake isn’t an Italian recipe at all, but it was a huge hit in my household over Christmas in Friuli. It is built around rich and nutty tasting ingredients …
Curly Questions
If, say, one eats a high GI meal, how much lemon juice needs to be consumed to bring the reading down to low GI? I am not at all suggesting this as a way of life, but I want to understand how I can overcome a problem, if it comes up. Research findings over the …
Move It & Lose It with Prof Trim
Why weekends can be the worst enemy of weight loss For many people (men in particular), the week’s eating, exercise and lifestyle pattern is quite different to that on the weekend. Attitudes and behaviour tend to be a little more relaxed towards the end of the week with socialising and less constraint on over-indulgence. So …
Your Success Stories
‘Learning about the GI is just like learning to ride a bike or swim.’ – Jack ‘I am 74 years old and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 5 years ago. I have relatively good control. My A1C is in the low 7s. I purchased The New Glucose Revolution book in early 2008 (The Low …
The GI Symbol Program and GI Testing
Contact the GI Symbol Program Dr Alan W Barclay, PhD Chief Scientific Officer, Glycemic Index Ltd Phone: +61 2 9785 1037 Mob: +61 (0)416 111 046 Fax: +61 2 9785 1037 Email: alan@gisymbol.com Website: www.gisymbol.com.au Contact an accredited GI testing laboratory North America Dr Alexandra Jenkins Glycemic Index Laboratories 36 Lombard Street, Suite 100 Toronto, …
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GI News—February 2009
Senior moments? It may be your blood glucose Fruit, vegetables and strong bones Healthier foods no more expensive Are pomegranates a super food? Fat body, fat tongue? Prof Trim investigates Should you eat breakfast before exercising? Child obesity is a regular headline hitter from scary new statistics, blame gaming and finger pointing (and wagging) to …
Food for Thought
Child obesity – why don’t they just do something about it? The problem with child obesity is not the lack of explanations, but the abundance of them – genes, diet, lack of activity, TV and anything with a screen, junk food, eating out, relatively cheap energy-dense processed foods piled high on our supermarket shelves, sugar-laden …
News Briefs
Senior moments? It may be your blood glucose. Senior moments are a normal, albeit unwelcome, part of aging, rather like wrinkling skin and graying hair. Scientists call them ‘cognitive aging,’ the result of changes in brain chemistry and physiology that affect our brain’s ability to think. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center in New York …
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