Dr David’s Tips for Raising Healthy Kids
We have the power to choose the shape of things to come Here’s how Patty Nolan made a difference. Patty works at Warren Point Elementary School in Fair Lawn New Jersey. Noticing a rapid increase in the number of overweight kids, she launched a novel health and fitness program along with school nurse Kathy Szabo. …
Move It & Lose It with Prof Trim
Exercise builds brain health In a recent review that would take slightly more space to do it justice than the paragraph devoted to it here, University of California-Irvine brain researchers have concluded that exercise is not just good for the body, but can also be good for the brain. It does this by allowing the …
Your Questions Answered
What’s the difference between GI, GL and ‘low glycemic’? Which should I use and does it really matter? We are often asked this question. Hermin Halim who recently graduated MNutriDiet from the University of Sydney sorts out the confusion. Hermin Halim Many people’s lives have been better off with the low GI diet as the …
Your Success Stories
‘This is such the right way to go! I am a completely different person now.’ – Adriana I have tried everything in the past – you mention it and I have done it from high protein regimens to eating pineapple + tuna every day or simply starving. I did not understand what was happening in …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
First formulated meal replacement product for the GI Symbol Program The recent Cochrane review of six randomised controlled trials comparing low GI and low GL diets with other diets for overweight and obesity (reported in August 2007 GI News) determined that low GI diets were more effective at reducing total body weight and perhaps more …
The Latest GI Values
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 http://www.gilabs.com/ Australia Fiona Atkinson Research Manager, Sydney University Glycemic Index Research Service (SUGiRS) Human Nutrition Unit, School of Molecular and …
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GI News—January 2008
In this issue of GI News GI and the fertility diet Which diet for diabetes? ADA or low GI? Stubbing out a smoking myth Give your kids a leg-up in life with breakfast Why detox diets make you fat New GI value for fresh apricots As you loosen your belt and renew your vows to …
Food for Thought
Weight loss: How much should you lose to win? There’s a common belief (fuelled by the celeb mags and TV programs) that you can drop several dress sizes (or pant sizes) down to an imagined ‘ideal’, if you really try hard enough. How realistic is this? And is it sustainable? Very overweight people typically aim …
Food of the Month
Fabulous fennel ‘It’s all things to all people’ says Liz Hemphill in Sticks, Seeds, Pods & Leaves. ‘You want a vegetable, a herb, a spice, a garnish? Then fennel’s the one for you.’ First of all you can slice or dice the bulb and stems and use them raw in salads or whole as a …
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