GI News—June 2006
In This Issue: Food for Thought —Let’s Do Lunch GI News Briefs —Test Is Best —A Public Health Time Bomb —Teenagers Make Healthy Changes Given the Chance GI Values Updates —No Time to Cook? Nestle LEAN Cuisine; Sanitarium Lunch Today —What’s the GI of …? A Step-by-Step Guide to the GI Database on www.glycemicindex.com Low …
Food for Thought
Let’s Do Lunch While most people agree that eating a healthy lunch is important, one in three skip it at least once a week, and one in 10 rarely or never have it according to a recent ACNeilsen Omnibus poll of 1,400 Australians. ‘Too busy’ is the main catch-cry of lunch-skippers. ‘We don’t have time …
GI News Briefs
Test is Best The GI was introduced to rank the glycemic nature of the carbohydrate in individual foods. The purpose was to exchange one carbohydrate source with another in mixed meals or snacks. People often ask about the effect of extra protein and fat in the food on GI and blood glucose response. Eaten alone, …
GI Values Update
No Time to Cook? The home meal replacement market is here to stay. It’s a trend, not a fad – and it can provide a healthier option than a takeaway meal for time-pressed and kitchen-shy consumers who want to be able to open the fridge (or freezer) door, take their pick, heat and eat. There’s …
Low GI Food of the Month
The Antioxidant-rich Orange One orange (GI 42) provides you with your whole day’s vitamin C requirement. But that’s not all. This fruit is also rich in anti-oxidants and a good source of folate and potassium. Much of the sugar in an orange is sucrose, a ‘double’ sugar made up of glucose and fructose. When digested, …
Low GI Recipe of the Month
This fruity finish comes from Australian food writer Lynne Mullins who regularly contributes to Good Living and Sunday Life, reviews for the SMH Good Food Guide has published two books: Noodles to Pasta and Relish and currently presents fresh produce segments on radio 2UE and Channel Nine’s ‘Mornings with Kerri-Anne’. Lynne Mullins Citrus Salad with …
Your Success Stories
Sue Drops a Dress Size ‘Having tried countless diets over the years to lose excess weight, I embarked on a low GI diet after Christmas 2005. Always a ‘foodie’, I not only enjoy nice food but I love to cook. My problem was portion control and my sweet tooth. I decided that low GI seemed …
Books, DVDs, Websites: What’s New?
Delicious Living By Peter Howard, New Holland Publishers AUD$19.95 Peter Howard Peter Howard is a well-known food and wine commentator. For many years his national television segments, regular radio interviews and articles in magazines and newspapers have kept Australian audiences informed of the latest trends. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with diabetes. ‘I know, …
Feedback—Your FAQs Answered
I’ve read that while fats slow down the body’s response to high GI foods, the body still sees the same level of glucose response from the food, just over a considerably longer period of time (which is perhaps not accounted for when doing GI testing). Is this true? No, this isn’t true. Fats do slow …
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