GI NEWS – JULY 2022
GI News is published online by the University of Sydney, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and the Charles Perkins Centre, and delivered to the mailboxes of our ~100,000 subscribers. Our goal is to help people choose the high-quality carbs that are digested at a rate that our bodies can comfortably accommodate and to share …
‘ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS’ – ANOTHER RED HERRING?
It’s nothing new to demonise food processing. As a student of food science and nutrition, I read on one hand that food processing was necessary, helping to preserve foods and prevent food wastage, while on the other hand, it was a necessary evil that stripped foods of important nutrients. Milling of wheat grains into white …
‘ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS’ AND HEALTH OUTCOMES: MORE RESEARCH NEEDED
A group of Australian and Spanish researchers have published a systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the association between consumption of ‘ultra-processed foods’ and various health outcomes. The review included 43 observational studies and found that consumption of ‘ultra-processed foods’ was associated with an increased risk of overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity, all-cause mortality, metabolic syndrome …
‘ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS’ AND RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES
According to the NOVA classification system, the phrase ‘ultra-processed foods’ encompasses a wide range of foods and beverages, including (but not limited to): carbonated soft drinks; sweet or savoury packaged snacks (e.g., corn chips, potato crisps, etc…); ice cream, chocolate, candies (confectionery); mass-produced packaged breads, buns, cookies (biscuits), pastries, cakes and cake mixes; breakfast ‘cereals’, …
‘ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS’ – PROBLEMATIC FOODS OR PACKAGING?
Prospective cohort studies have found associations with high consumption of ‘ultra-processed foods’ and increased risk of overweight, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, breast cancer, cardiovascular diseases (e.g., heart disease and stroke) and all-causes of death (mortality). Authors of these studies have suggested many potential reasons for these associations: Compared to minimally-processed foods and drinks, …
GI AND THE NOVA CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
You might have heard low GI foods being described as generally less processed or refined, and closer in form to “whole” foods. In whole or partially cracked cereal grains, for example, the starch is physically confined which slows its digestion and lowers the GI. Good examples are most (but not all) cereal grains and “wholegrain” …
WHEN ‘ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS’ AREN’T BAD: BREADS AND BREAKFAST CEREALS
The use of the term ‘ultra-processed foods’ was born in research but has reached the wider world. The NOVA classification system classifies foods into four groups: unprocessed or minimally processed foods (fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs) processed culinary ingredients (oils, butter, salt, sugar) processed foods (canned or bottled vegetables, legumes, fruit, fish, pickled vegetables, smoked and …
THE GOOD CARBS KITCHEN
CARAWAY RYE BREAD 1:00 Prep • 2.30 Proving • 20 Slices • Main meal • Every day INGREDIENTS 2 ½ cups high-grade white flour, plus 2 tablespoons for kneading 1 cup wholemeal flour, plus 4 teaspoons for cooking 1 cup dark rye flour 8g instant dried yeast sachet 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons brown sugar …
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION
This website and all information, data, documents, pages and images it contains is copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth of Australia) (as amended) and the copyright laws of all member countries of the Berne Union and the Universal Copyright Convention. Copyright in the website and in material prepared by GI News is owned by …
Latest Blog Post List
