GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
Oh what a difference your bread choice can make! Alan Barclay ‘A lack of satisfying, filling foods is a hurdle for many people when trying to maintain a balanced, healthy diet. There are a lot of diets and food fads that claim to improve satiety – which is why we were keen to conduct a …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
Alan Barclay Getting those slow carbs into the shopping trolley Around the globe, rates of overweight/obesity are growing at an alarming rate with type 2 diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers increasing as a direct result. Now more than ever, there is an urgent need to take action to stem the tide before it hits …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
Saturated fat and GI symbols A reader recently sent in the following question: ‘I have noticed that many food products labelled as being low GI actually contain more than 10% saturated fats. Doesn’t this defeat the purpose of aiming for a healthy diet?’ Alan Barclay I’ll answer this question in two parts. First of all, …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
‘Why is it that salt content doesn’t appear to rate a mention in comments about diet and diabetes? I have found a number of breakfast cereals and breads proudly displaying a low GI symbol but containing as much as 5 times the recommended maximum amount of salt.’ There are many low GI claims on foods …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
Lowering the GI of your diet starts in the supermarket We now know that lowering the average GI of your daily diet to around 45 is one of the keys to good health. Computer modelling has shown that whenever possible, choosing carbohydrate foods or beverages with the lowest GI within a specific category, is the …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
Healthy snacks for active kids Let’s face it, finding healthy nutritious pre-prepared snacks that kids also love to eat, can sometimes be a chore. The typical range of calorie-laden, high saturated fat, high GI pre-prepared snacks that have been traditionally marketed to kids generally fail to meet the nutritional targets espoused by most dietitians and …
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 …
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 …
GI Symbol News with Alan Barclay
With the New Year just around the corner, GI Ltd CEO Alan Barclay provides GI News readers with a peak at what’s in store for GI labelling in 2008. Alan Barclay Regulations Food Standards Australia New Zealand is aiming to release a final draft of its nutrition, health and related claim legislation for (hopeful) incorporation …
GI Symbol News
Where can I get more information on the GI Symbol program? Alan Barclay CEO, Glycemic Index Ltd Phone: +61 2 9785 1037 Fax: +61 2 9785 1037 Email: awbarclay@optusnet.com.au Web www.gisymbol.com.au
Latest Blog Post List
