Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Milk causes mucus (and other dairy myths) Nicole Senior Fact: Milk seems to attract more than its fair share of myths. This is unfortunate as it puts people off eating enough dairy foods when we know they are an important part of a healthy diet. One of the most common myths is that drinking …
Dr David’s Tips for Raising Healthy Kids
Out of sight out of mind Parents often ask me what’s the simplest thing to do to help their kids to a healthy weight in a fast food/fake food world? My answer: turn your home into a nutritional safe zone. Purge the pantry and fridge of junk foods that are high in calories and low …
Move It & Lose It with Prof Trim
Lift it and shift it ‘While I regularly go for a walk, and even sometimes go the gym for a light aerobics class, my gym instructor keeps trying to talk me into lifting weights. Is there any real reason why I should do this when all I’m after is some weight loss.’ Sounds like you …
Your Questions Answered
‘I’ve been attempting to use the glycemic index to help me consume the correct foods after intense workouts. But, I’m terribly confused as various articles on the subject sometime seems to contradict one another. Should I be having high or low GI carbs?’ Dr Emma Stevenson GI News invited Dr Emma Stevenson from Northumbria University’s …
Your Success Stories
‘I have just started my sister on eating low GI food, hopefully she’ll have as much success as myself.’ – Vicki ‘I am a 50 year old female who had VERY unhealthy eating habits. I had spinal fusion in my neck in 2003, as a result my thyroid went haywire! Then in 2005 I had …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
Why do most dairy products have a low GI? The unique combination of proteins and sugars that occur naturally in dairy foods that contain carbohydrates (cheese doesn’t) are the reason that most have a low GI. In case you didn’t know, the primary source of carbohydrate in dairy food is lactose, which in its pure …
The Latest GI Values
Canned soups Soups are great for light meals and lunches. Even as a snack in wintry weather. Over the years SUGiRS has tested a number of convenient canned and packet soups. Fiona has just completed testing another: Campbells Country Ladle Chicken and Vegetable with Wholegrain Pasta canned soup. Here are the details: GI 45; Serve …
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GI News—June 2008
The pros and cons of juices and juicing Prof. David Jenkins’s Eco-Atkins diet Gestational diabetes and a low GI diet Should people over 50 eat more protein? Do we get all the vitamin D we need from the sun? Low GI carbs benefit young people with type 1 diabetes In a recent op-ed New York …
Food for Thought
Fuelling willpower The benefits of carbs (glucose), the brain’s critical fuel source, in tests like word recall, maze learning, arithmetic, short-term memory, rapid information processing and reasoning are well documented. All types of people – young people, university students, people with diabetes, healthy elderly people and those with Alzheimer’s disease – have shown an improvement …
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