GI News – May 2020
Eating and enjoying the best quality foods you can afford, and ensuring overall eating patterns are healthy and well balanced, are important factors in conception, and significantly improve the chances of having a successful pregnancy and giving birth to a healthy baby. In this month’s edition of GI News, we explore nutrition and pregnancy. GI …
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
NUTRITION AND PREGNANCY There has been a tendency not to study the female body in science and medicine. Only since the 1990s, when it was made law in the US, have scientists been forced to include at least some women in their research (or show cause why not). It’s even worse for pregnancy…pregnant women are …
WHAT’S NEW?
WHAT ROLE DOES DIET HAVE IN THE PREVENTION OF DIABETES AMONG WOMEN WITH PRIOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES? According to the International Diabetes Federation, 1 in 6 births in 2019 were affected by gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that first occurs during pregnancy and usually goes away after a woman gives birth. However, …
PERSPECTIVES: Dr ALAN BARCLAY
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO It is generally well accepted that a key factor in the health and wellbeing of both the mother and new-born infant is an optimal food and nutrient intake before and during pregnancy. Of course, the nutritional status of prospective fathers is also an important factor in at the very least …
DIABETES CARE
THE ADVANTAGES OF A LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX DIET FOR WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES Disorders of blood glucose levels in pregnancy are relatively common. In a representative Australian population about 1-2% of women with pre-existing diabetes become pregnant. This type of diabetes is usually insulin treated type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes with various treatments …
YOUR GI SHOPPING GUIDE
WHICH BREAD? Baking your own bread is suddenly popular so it’s worth taking a closer look at its GI. If you eat bread most days choosing one with a low GI is critical to keeping the GI of your diet low. Most commercial sandwich breads made with finely milled flour, either wholemeal, whole wheat or …
GOOD CARBS FOOD FACTS
COUSCOUS The past few months of diabolical difficulty have turned our focus toward survival. Carb-rich foods have come into their own as affordable, shelf-stable and easy to prepare staples (not to mention the mood boosting benefits). Pasta was one of the foods to disappear from my local supermarket shelves as a result of stockpiling. There …
THE GOOD CARBS KITCHEN
BERRY HAZELNUT TARTS 0:30 Prep • 0:15 Oven • 24 Servings (Tarts) • Dessert • Special Occasion INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 cups plain flour, plus extra 1 tablespoon, for rolling 1/3 cup hazelnut meal 150g reduced-fat table spread 125g punnet blueberries 125g punnet raspberries 25g grated dark chocolate Filling 150g low-fat natural yoghurt 200g extra-light cream …
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