GI News—March 2014
New GI value for corn syrup; Why high fibre foods are not necessarily low GI; Indigenous health and why bush food is really, really good; David Katz: Fathoming the calorie; Nicole Senior bites into apples in Taste of Health, and Anneka Manning whips up a batch of bircher muesli with apples; Emma …
Food for Thought
Fathoming the calorie. ‘I have some trouble fathoming our constant questioning of the calorie: Is a calorie really a calorie? Do calories really count? After all, a calorie is a precise and specific unit of energy, or heat. Namely, it is the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 cubic centimeter of water at …
What’s new?
Diabetes: We are in it together. Living in a household implies sharing duties and responsibilities but it could also imply sharing your diabetes. A research team from the McGill University Health Centre has shown, through combined analyses of several studies, evidence that spousal diabetes is a diabetes risk factor. These findings, in BMC Medicine, have …
Nicole’s Taste of Health
Apples “She’ll be apples” is a quaint Australian turn of phrase meaning everything will be all right, and it appears when it comes to our health, apples really live up to it. It has become an emblem for healthy eating, representing all that is nutritious, simple and good, overcoming its morally dubious (remember the Garden …
In the GI News Kitchen
Family Baking, Anneka Manning, author of Bake Eat Love. Learn to Bake in 3 Simple Steps and founder of Sydney’s BakeClub, shares her delicious ‘better-for-you’ recipes for snacks, desserts and treats the whole family will love. Through both her writing and cooking school, Anneka teaches home cooks to bake in practical and approachable yet inspiring …
Putting the Fun Back into Fitness
Pilates I began Pilates training when I was sixteen. Ballet dancers often do. It becomes apparent, around that age, that if you want to have a successful career, and avoid injury, you need more than a ballet class a day – you need all the help you can get. During my long dancing career I …
Update with Dr Alan Barclay
Dr Alan Barclay The low down on dietary fibre (part 2) How do we know a food is high in fibre? On packaged foods it’s easy, just check the nutrition information/facts panel. In the US, dietary fiber must be declared in the nutrition facts panel under the total carbohydrate banner. However, in Australia and New …
Q&A with Jennie Brand-Miller
Prof Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions. I really want to get my figure back and get into my favourite jeans. Is it OK to go on a diet while breastfeeding my baby girl? Part of the weight you gained during pregnancy was extra fat stores built up by your body to supply the building blocks …
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