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The best conceivable diet Infertility affects one in six couples, according to studies in the US and Europe. There are various reasons – there may be a structural problem like blocked fallopian tubes, or a disease of the uterus like fibroids or endometriosis. Many cases (18–30 per cent), though, are due to a failure of …
Low GI Recipes of the Month
Our chef Kate Hemphill develops deliciously simple recipes for GI News that showcase seasonal ingredients and make it easy for you to cook healthy, low GI meals and snacks. For more of Kate’s fabulous fare, check out: www.lovetocook.co.uk. For now, prepare and share good food with family and friends. Kate Hemphill Vietnamese-Style Trout with Cucumber …
Good for You, Good for the Planet: Sue’s Radd’s Green Kitchen
New Year’s resolutions If your New Year’s resolution is to ‘get back into shape’, don’t forget to spare a thought for mother earth. Leading a greener lifestyle can start in the kitchen in some very simple ways that will be good for you (and your budget) and good for the planet. Sue Radd Save time …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Why detox diets make you fat Myth: Detox diets are good for you. Nicole Senior Fact: Detox diets appear to be quite fashionable with the super health-conscious, and a boon for purveyors of books, powders and potions. Everything from weight gain, tiredness and poor concentration have been attributed to dreaded ‘toxins’ invading us from within. …
Dr David’s Tips for Raising Healthy Kids
Giving kids a leg up in life You’ve heard it before, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But a lot of us skip breakfast. Not a good example for the kids because alarmingly around 40 per cent of them are breakfast skippers too – ‘too tired’, ‘slept in’, ‘in a rush’, ‘not …
Move It & Lose It with Prof Trim
Forget the calculations. Just do it until it works. Here’s a typical question I am asked: ‘Looking at calculations I’ve done on the food I eat and exercise I do, I can’t understand why I’m not losing more weight. What’s going on here?’ Dr Garry Egger aka Prof Trim This is a common problem for …
Your Questions Answered
What’s the relationship between hypoglycemia and diabetes. I have had hypoglycemic symptoms since an early age and now have a positive diagnosis. How can I reduce my risk of getting diabetes? Diabetes dietitian Kaye Foster-Powell says: ‘Hypoglycaemic symptoms are experienced by some people who develop type 2 diabetes, but not by all. To me it …
Your Success Stories
‘This is a whole new way of looking at my world of food.’ – Brittany ‘I am 15, pre-diabetic, and extremely overweight – 5’4″ tall and 270 pounds. I have battled bloating and extreme stomach gas (which can sometimes cause me great embarrassment). My mother, my grandmother and I have tried several diet and exercise …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
In search of lower GI potatoes Let’s face it, most people like potatoes – they can be prepared in so many different ways, are highly nutritious, and taste great (hold the fries)! But the potato’s healthy image has taken a bit of a battering in recent years, due to their generally very high GI values …
The Latest GI Values
Fresh apricots in season There can hardly be a more delicious way to get one of those two serves of fruit a day than downing a couple of fresh apricots in season. Fiona Atkinson at SUGiRS has just finished re-testing apricots in healthy volunteers (the original value of 57 was from Italy with people with …
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