The Latest GI Values with Fiona Atkinson
Back in August, GI News announced that one of Australia’s leading supermarket chains, Woolworths, had joined the GI Symbol program with their Woolworths Select range. Here are the GI values for the tortilla, breakfast cereals and canned fruits that will be carrying the symbol. Woolworths Select Traditional White Corn Tortilla GI 53 Woolworths Naytura Fruit …
The Latest GI Values with Fiona Atkinson
A reader drew our attention to a meal replacement product called BODYform recently with a GI of 15 and asked us what we knew about it and had we tested it. No we haven’t tested it, but we took a look at the website of the Australian distributor (it’s a German product). The label states …
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 …
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 …
The Latest GI Values
New GI values for soy beverages from SUGiRS Calcium fortified soy milks are a valuable source of nutrients for adults and children, but, being liquid, they are very easily over consumed. Think of them as a food or snack in liquid form rather than a thirst-quenching ‘drink’. A serving is 1 cup (250 ml). Soy …
The Latest GI Values
Edgell’s canned brown lentils Although this is an Australian brand, it will probably be similar for other brands of canned lentils. Generally in our testing of legumes (pulses) we find that the GI values are a little higher for canned products than home cooked. Here are the results: GI 42 Sunrice Doongara CleverRice This is …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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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