GI News—March 2006
In This Issue: Food for Thought —Johanna Burani article GI News Briefs —Making the Switch, Making a Difference —Risk Assessment —Sense and Sensitivity GI Values Updates —White Bread Matters —Sweet Cactus Farms Premium Agave Nectar Low GI Food of the Month —Soy Milk: A Great Way to Include Soy Protein in Your Diet Low GI …
Food for Thought
People Power for People with Diabetes In February GI News, Atarah Grysman made the point that: ‘Many people today are ready and willing to be active participants in their own health care. They want to learn more about their conditions and how to manage them, even if this entails more than a few simple rules, …
GI News Briefs
Making the Switch, Making a Difference Studies are showing that metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance syndrome is widespread among adults in developed nations, with estimates in Australia alone for example of one in two adults over 25 years having at least two features of what is seen to be a silent disease. People with metabolic …
GI Values Update
White Bread Matters While many parents would prefer their children to eat high fibre, wholegrain bread they know their kids, particularly once they are at school, will be wanting sandwiches made with white bread like everyone else. Even with the best of intentions, parents generally find it’s hard to get the grainy or soy and …
Low GI Food of the Month
Soy Milk—a Great Way to Include Soy Protein in Your Diet Once enjoyed mainly by vegetarians, soy milk is the completely dairy- and lactose-free beverage that has become increasingly popular, because it tastes good and is rich in phytoestrogens. Soy milk is usually made by mixing soybeans – which are usually GM/GE free (check the …
Your Success Stories
Sanna’s Story: Giving Your Body the Fuel It Is Actually Meant to Run On ‘I found out about GI in a food magazine in Sweden last year. I had never been on a diet, and cannot count calories if my life depended on it! But as I read in this magazine about the principles of …
GI Profile
Prof Jennie Brand-Miller In this occasional series, we ask some of the world’s leading GI researchers to tell their story. This month we look at the University of Sydney’s GI Group leader, Prof. Jennie Brand-Miller’story. What follows is an edited version of her Australia Day 2006 speech. Jennie is acknowledged worldwide for her expertise in …
Books, DVDs, Websites: What’s New?
The 10-day GI Diet Azmina Govindji RD and Nina Puddefoot ‘Feed a man fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for life.’ This 10-day diet is intended as a ‘kick start to a new healthier you.’ Despite the ‘lose up to an inch’ promise of the sub-title, …
Feedback—Your FAQs Answered
What effect good or bad, can a GI diet have on prostate cancer patients undergoing hormone treatment to limit testosterone? We couldn’t find any published research on the links between the GI of your diet and hormone treatment for prostate cancer patients to limit testosterone. There are however, well established dietary guidelines for men to …
