GI News – June 2019
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
GOING VEGAN QandA: OUR EXPERTS ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS Dr Neal Barnard, Prof Jennie Brand-Miller, Dr Alan Barclay and Matthew Lore answer the most common questions we are asked about vegan diets. Whether it’s for better health, a better environment or animal welfare, choosing to go vegan is one of the biggest diet trends. The plant-based/vegan …
WHAT’S NEW?
PLANT-BASED DIETS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE IN ENDURANCE SPORTS Meat-free athletes – from tennis champion Venus Williams to Formula 1’s Lewis Hamilton to Derrick Morgan of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans – have already proven the performance-boosting power of a plant-based diet. A review recently published in Nutrients adds further evidence that plant-based athletes may …
WHAT’S HOT?
PLANT-BASED EATING For some people, plant-based means a plant-only diet that consists of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds and products made from them and excludes all animal products, including meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy products and honey. For others, it’s a diet centred largely around fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and …
PRODUCT REVIEW
5-STAR FOODS BOOSTED WITH B12 We chose three B12 fortified foods for Product Review – So Good Soy Milk (Sanitarium), Vegie Delights Savoury Mince (Life Health Foods), and Wellness Road Nutritional Yeast Flakes (Coles). These 5-star products set the standard for what you should be looking for on the nutrition facts panel of similar B12-fortified …
PERSPECTIVES WITH DR ALAN BARCLAY
B12: THE COMPLEX VITAMIN Vitamin B12, or cobalamin, is the largest and most structurally complex of all of the vitamins. It’s essential for the development of red blood cells, normal growth, and nervous system maintenance. Our primary sources are animal products (meats, dairy, poultry, eggs and seafood) because it is only synthesized by microorganisms (bacteria …
BEST FOOD FORWARD
WOMEN AND SEAFOOD: GET HOOKED. Seafood is good for the heart and many of us don’t eat enough, including women. We thought we’d look at women in particular because we often overlook our heart health, and because women are still major influencers on food choices in households. It’s time we got hooked in seafood, both …
GOOD CARBS FOOD FACTS
LENTILS The term “superfood” is over-used, but in the case of lentils it is true says dietitian Nicole Senior. They are part of a highly nutritious group called legumes (or pulses) containing a marvellous package of nutrients including protein, fibre (all three types: insoluble and soluble fibre, and resistant starch), low GI carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals …
IN THE GI NEWS KITCHEN
IN THE GI NEWS KITCHEN Tomato and Red Lentil Soup with Toast Fingers • Anneka Manning’s Roasted Vegetables and Quinoa Salad • Ottolenghi’s Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Fresh Figs TOMATO AND RED LENTIL SOUP WITH TOAST FINGERS This simple soup from Anneka Manning’s Low GI Family Cookbook (Hachette Australia) is a great way to get …
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