Food of the Month with Catherine Saxelby
Pomegranates: are they a superfood? Catherine Saxelby With their impressive line-up of polyphenols (a type of antioxidant) matching some of those found in red wine, some found in berries, tea, cranberries and some grapefruit, are pomegranates on their way to becoming the next ‘super fruit’ poised to knock over goji and acai? For example, they …
Low GI Recipes of the Month
Anneka Manning, Senior Food Consultant for the Australian Women’s Weekly, shares a recipe from her latest book (with Kaye Foster-Powell), The Low GI Family Cookbook. Eggs in nests This makes a lovely lazy weekend breakfast or brunch. Prepare double the quantity for four people — or for seconds. Serves 2 2 slices wholegrain bread olive …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Snoring is harmless Nicole Senior Fact: Snoring can indicate more serious health problems, including an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The sound of snoring is often the subject of amusement; however, ask someone who shares a bed with a snorer and the joke isn’t funny at all. Being prevented from enjoying a good night’s …
Healthy Kids
Move It & Lose It with Prof Trim
Fat body, fat tongue? The idea that sleep apnea and snoring is at least partly caused by an increase in the size of the tongue in obese people has been around for some time. This makes perfect sense because an increase in tongue size would mean a blockage in the air passages and hence a …
Curly Questions
AdvantEDGE Carb Control snack bars claim to have only 4 g of net carbs because from the 27 g total carb count, they subtract the 6 g of fibre and 17 g of sugar alcohols (malitol syrup and malitol). What is your take on how to count the sugar alcohol in computing a net carb …
Your Success Stories
‘I am blessed with a sense of achievement that I very rarely experienced before I had my strokes thanks to the GI diet.’ – Brenda ‘In March and May 2007 I suffered two strokes. At the time, I was a non-drinker, non-smoker, weighed 82 kg (180 lbs) and suffered from hypertension. A subsequent visit to …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
The cost of food Alan Barclay In December GI News, a reader posted a comment suggesting that food companies earn the right to carry the GI Symbol then immediately hike up the prices. This is not the case at all. Healthier foods are not more expensive.We have just conducted a survey of 5,200 Australian foods …
Where Can I Get More Information on GI Testing
North America Dr Alexandra Jenkins Glycemic Index Laboratories 36 Lombard Street, Suite 100 Toronto, Ontario M5C 2X3 Canada Phone +1 416 861 0506 Email info@gilabs.com Web www.gilabs.com Australia Fiona Atkinson Research Manager, Sydney University Glycemic Index Research Service (SUGiRS) Human Nutrition Unit, School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences Sydney University NSW 2006 Australia Phone + …
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