GI News—May 2006
In This Issue: Food for Thought —Eating for Your Eyesight; 8 Tips for Making Your Eyesight Last GI News Briefs —Slimmer But Not Healthier; What You Should Know About Low Carb Diets and Ketosis —Going with the Grain —By Bread Alone GI Values Updates —Flour Power Low GI Food of the Month —Dining Downunder™ Chef …
Food for Thought
Eating for Your Eyesight Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive eye disease that affects the central macula of the eye, leaving sufferers with only peripheral vision. It is one is the most common causes of blindness in the over-50s in the Western world. As we age our risk increases: people in their 50s have …
GI News Briefs
Slimmer But Not Healthier Low carb diets promise (and deliver) rapid weight loss without hunger in the first and most restrictive phase of the diet. That’s why they are popular – everyone likes quick results. Within a few days the scales will show a real difference. But is there a health cost? To date, no …
GI Values Update
Flour Power Flour is one of the main foods that has the potential to raise our blood glucose. Though you may think you don’t eat much of it, remember it’s the main ingredient in bread, crackers, biscuits, muffins, cakes and most breakfast cereals. We know from our testing so far that all these foods are …
Low GI Food of the Month
Dining Downunder™ Chef Vic Cherikoff Talks about Wattleseeds ‘In September 1984, I was roasting the seeds from four or five wattle (acacia) species for the University of Sydney’s Human Nutrition Unit, where I was researching the nutritional value of the traditional foods eaten by Australia’s Aboriginal people. Women from various communities in Central Australia sent …
Low GI Recipe of the Month
Vic Cherikoff’s Sweet Potato and Wattleseed Pudding For lovers of pumpkin pie, here’s a whole new taste sensation. Vic uses standard measuring cups for his recipes. If you don’t have a set, use a teacup/coffee mug that holds 250 ml or 9 fl oz liquid exactly. Makes 10 portions 2 tablespoons macadamia nut oil 3/4 …
Your Success Stories
Cliff Shares His Secrets for Maintaining Tight Glycemic Control and Weight Loss ‘My low and good quality fat, medium protein, high carbohydrate and low GI diet have proved invaluable in helping me maintain tight glycemic control and long term weight loss for some years. I now weigh 93 kg—down from 118 kg back in 1980 …
GI Profile
Prof Tom Wolever Tom Wolever is a name you’ll see on many research papers involving the glycemic index. In fact his name is on the first paper ever published about slow-release carbs. GI News asked Prof. Wolever how he became involved in research in this area. Tom Wolever ‘Research on the GI is very exciting …
Feedback—Your FAQs Answered
I have been low carbing (not excluding carbs all together, just switching to healthier ones) for over 3 years and have dropped my weight, cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, etc. I appreciate that you don’t advocate a low carb diet – but where do you draw the line? How much carb is high, medium and low? …
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