Feedback—Your FAQs Answered

Why is the GI of Frosties (55) lower than Kellogg’s Corn Flakes (77), Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes (72) and Skippy Cornflakes (93)? Many people assume that the higher the sugar content, the higher the GI. But in fact, starch in cornflakes is very rapidly digested and absorbed (it’s been fully ‘gelatinised’ during processing), giving the …

GI Values Update

New values from SUGiRS Sour (tart) cherries Sour cherries may be good for more than just making pie, according to an oral presentation of findings from an animal study conducted by University of Michigan researchers at the Experimental Biology 2007 meeting in Washington, D.C. The researchers report that rats that received powdered tart cherries in …

Making the Most of GI News

Subscribe – it’s free! To subscribe to GI News, simply click on the SUBSCRIBE link in the top right-hand column. Help us be sure our email newsletter isn’t filtered as spam. Add “gifeedback@gmail.com” to your address book to ‘whitelist’ us with your filter, helping future issues of GI News get to your inbox. Your questions …