GI News – March 2020
All our forebears drank for thousands and thousands of years was plain water. It’s all that they had available (apart from breast milk as infants). It’s also essential to life. But it faces stiff competition these days with supermarket shelves groaning with bottled and canned choices. In Food for Thought we look at plant waters …
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PLANT WATERS MAKING A SPLASH All that our forebears drank for thousands and thousands of years was plain water. It’s all that they had available (apart from breast milk as infants). It’s also absolutely essential to life. Our bodies need it to transport nutrients to our organs and oxygen to our cells; to remove waste; …
WHAT’S NEW?
COW’S MILK AS A POST-EXERCISE RECOVERY DRINK: IMPLICATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH Managing recovery after exercise depends on the nature of the exercise, the time between exercise sessions and your goals. From a nutritional perspective, your main considerations are: Optimising your muscle protein turnover Glycogen resynthesis • Rehydration Managing your muscle soreness Managing energy balance. …
PERSPECTIVES WITH DR ALAN BARCLAY
WATER, THIRST AND HYDRATION Water is an essential nutrient – in fact, more important to life than all other nutrients. The average healthy adult can survive just 2–5 days without water, but several months without food. Water is essential to life because it: Helps with the regulation of body temperature, as the evaporation of sweat …
DIABETES CARE
WHAT TO DRINK TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST? Plain water is best to quench your thirst: it is the most refreshing drink, provides zero kilojoules plus a few minerals, and has no effect on your blood glucose levels. It doesn’t have any taste, although the minerals that are sometimes found in water naturally, or that are …
YOUR GI SHOPPING GUIDE
MELONS, MANGOES, PAPAYA AND PINEAPPLE These juicy fruits are great thirst quenchers that also provide us with dietary fibre and essential vitamins and minerals. For people with diabetes – Many people count grams of carbohydrate or use 15g Carbohydrate Exchange or 10g Portions to help match their insulin or blood glucose lowering medication to their …
GOOD CARBS FOOD FACTS
NOODLES Noodles have long been a staple food in Asia and in parts of Europe (Poland and Hungary for example have a wide variety of noodles both egg and flour/egg flour potatoes noodles served with roasts, stews, sauces, soups). These days, their meal-in-minutes value has boosted their popularity – serving noodles with fish, chicken, tofu …
THE GOOD CARBS KITCHEN
CHICKEN POACHED IN FRAGRANT ASIAN BROTH 0:15 Prep • 0:25 Cook • 4 Servings • Light & Spicy Meal • Flavoursome Stock • Gluten Free INGREDIENTS 2 x 200g (7oz) skinless chicken breast fillets 50g (2in) piece fresh ginger, sliced, plus 2 tablespoons shredded ginger to serve 50g (2in) galangal, sliced 4 spring onions, sliced, …
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