GI News—April 2006
In This Issue: Food for Thought —Potato Lovers Look Back to a Healthy Future GI News Briefs —Memorable Meals —Men are Different —A Heart-healthy Diet —Devaluing the Value of GI GI Values Updates —How do you know if it’s low, medium or high GI? Low GI Food of the Month —Wild About Blueberries Low GI …
Food for Thought
Potato Lovers Look Back to a Healthy Future There’s a ‘modest positive association between the consumption of potatoes and the risk of type 2 diabetes in women’ write the authors in a prospective study reported in the February 2006 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. ‘This association was more pronounced when potatoes were …
GI News Briefs
Memorable Meals In recent years, a number of studies have shown that older people with type 2 diabetes have significantly greater risk of performing poorly in cognitive function tests such as recalling word lists. University of Toronto researchers say that a low-GI meal generally results in better verbal memory in the post-meal period, particularly in …
GI Values Update
How do you know if it’s low, medium or high GI? Living in the USA, where would you suggest I look for GI information on our food? Or are foodstuffs pretty comparable? Any US sites you would recommend?’ Low GI eating often means making a move back to staple foods – fruit, vegetables, legumes (home-cooked …
Low GI Food of the Month
Wild About Wild Blueberries Make blueberries an everyday health habit. As one of today’s superfoods, they are bursting with nutrition and flavour while being very low in kilojoules/calories. They are popular for eating fresh or using in pancakes and smoothies, muffins, jams, as a snack and in many other dishes and desserts. But like us, …
Low GI Recipe of the Month
Lemon Semolina Pudding with Berry Coulis Lisa Lintner’s Lemon Semolina Pudding with Berry Coulis from The New Glucose Revolution Life Plan. Photo: Jennifer Soo Serves 6 2 cups (500 ml/17 fl oz) low fat (semi skimmed/1%) milk ½ cup (100 g/3½ oz) fine semolina ¼ cup (60 g/2¼ oz) sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 …
Your Success Stories
Jeanne’s story – ‘I lost over 100 pounds using a combination of good eating habits and low GI foods’ After the birth of my eighth child instead of losing weight I started to gain. We were gaining nicely her and I. The problem was she was supposed to and I was suppose to snap back …
Books, DVDs, Websites: What’s New?
Los Todos Los Carbohidratos Engordan The Spanish language edition of The New Glucose Revolution is published by Panorama Editorial. www.panoramaed.com.mx The New Glucose Revolution The Korean language edition of The New Glucose Revolution is published by Aquarius Publishing Co. For information on other translated editions visit www.glycemicindex.com then select ‘GI Books’ and the appropriate region …
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