GI News—November 2005
In This Issue: Unlock the Stairways and Step into Metabolic Fitness Tossing and Turning? GI and Weight Loss Benefits: Boost or Boast? A Little Resistance Goes a Long Way GI? GL? GR? IL? GGE? Getting the Measure ‘Wholegrain’ and Low GI Are Not the Same Juicy Pomegranates Porridge Power Michelle Trute’s Sweet Corn Loaf Paul …
Food for Thought
Unlock the stairways and step into metabolic fitness Exercise and activity speed up your metabolic rate (increasing the amount of energy you use) which helps you to balance your food intake and control your weight. Exercise and activity also make your muscles more sensitive to insulin and increase the amount of fat you burn. Best …
GI News Briefs
Tossing and Turning? A small study by Sydney University PhD student, Ahmad Afaghi, reported in The Australian found a high-GI meal eaten four hours before bedtime cut the time needed to get to sleep. Afaghi presented his results at the Australasian Sleep Association Conference in October 2005. He found that the average was nine minutes …
Low GI Food of the Month
Porridge Power For a high-energy breakfast that sticks to your ribs, warms you up on a crisp day and keeps you firing till lunchtime, it’s hard to go past porridge made with traditional oats—a good source of soluble fibre, B vitamins, vitamin E, iron and zinc. The GI value for porridge has been tested on …
GI Values Update
Juicy Pomegranates Pomegranates are in the news thanks to the current focus on their health giving properties. Recent studies reveal an array of benefits from reducing the risk of heart disease and mediating high blood pressure to reducing the risk of certain cancers including prostate cancer. Jo Rogers in her invaluable resource What Food Is …
Low GI Recipe of the Month
Sweet Corn Loaf Chef and ‘Cooking With Conscience’ founder, Michelle Trute, uses Australian Golden Circle canned products in her recipes. As an alternative, purchase the best quality canned corn kernels and creamed corn you can buy for maximum flavour for this sustaining light meal. Preparation time 10 minutes Cooking time 20 minutes Makes 10 slices …
What’s New?
From Kid to Superkid: Set Your Family on the Path to a Junk-Food Free Healthy Future by Paul Sacher with recipes by Kate McBain (Vermilion) The advice here is based on Paul Sacher’s own experiences as an extra large lad plus his years of work as a specialist dietitian at Great Ormond Street Hospital for …
Feedback—Your FAQs Answered
I’m a very keen cook. Here’s one burning question for me: what about flour? If I make my own bread (or dumplings, pancakes, muffins etc) which flours, if any, are low GI? There’s some implication in the book that chickpea flour (baisen) is low GI. How about soy flour? Wholemeal flour probably isn’t any better …
