GI Values Update
Pita Bread: The Perfect Pocket Top it, stuff it, wrap it, cut it into wedges and dip it, or split it open and bake it to make ‘crisps’—pita is the ultimate meal-in-a-bread to have around for all occasions. The original value for white unleavened pita bread was from Canada (GI 57). New results have been …
GI Values Update
What’s Cooking? And How? Critics like to complain about the fact that the GI of a food can change with the way you cook it or prepare the food and the overall GI of a meal can vary depending on what you serve. But if they gave this a bit of thought, they would see …
GI Values Update
Snack Bars Healthy snack bars can be convenient and portable snacks for children (think lunch boxes or sport) and adults alike. And they definitely suit today’s busy, time-pressed, eating-on-the-go/in-the-car lifestyle. So, which one to choose? It pays to be fussy and check the nutrition panel as some are very high in fat. To give you …
GI Values Update
Juicy Pomegranates Pomegranates are in the news thanks to the current focus on their health giving properties. Recent studies reveal an array of benefits from reducing the risk of heart disease and mediating high blood pressure to reducing the risk of certain cancers including prostate cancer. Jo Rogers in her invaluable resource What Food Is …
GI Values Update
‘Cherries, ripe cherries …’ Summer just wouldn’t be the same without juicy, cheerful cherries. Well supplied with nutrients—vitamin C, beta-carotene, potassium, a little iron and some fibre—they are also high in phytochemicals such as anthocyanins (the pigments responsible for the red and blue colours of fruits and vegetables). And quercetin, an antioxidant that may have …
GI Values Update
Breakfasts That Sustain You Through the Morning Whether you like waking up to cereal and fruit, muesli and yoghurt, or a warming bowl of porridge, a good breakfast can set you up for the day. Given the solid evidence that people who eat breakfast are calmer, happier and more sociable, the number of people skipping …
GI Values Update
Carrots and Sticks One of the most repeated criticisms of the GI approach over the years has been the fact that carrots were being excluded from diets simply because of their high GI value. Note to GI critics—carrots were retested and the new values published three years ago (2002) in The New Glucose Revolution and …
GI Values Update
Update on Dried Dates It would appear that the GI value of dried dates could vary significantly depending on the variety (and there are approximately 600 varieties). When dried dates were first tested their GI value was 103. This high value was puzzling and was rechecked a number of times. It may be that the …
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