GI News – October 2017
This month we look at the dangers of making a link between unrelated results. An historical tidbit from Jon Borwein and Michael Rose shows how simply joining the dots could lead you down the wrong garden path. “Between the years 1860 and 1940, as the number of Methodist ministers living in New England increased, so …
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
DON’T CONFUSE CORRELATION WITH CAUSATION In an entertaining and informative piece in The Conversation, Jon Borwein and Michael Rose look at the dangers of making a link between unrelated results. “Here’s an historical tidbit you may not be aware of,” they write. “Between the years 1860 and 1940, as the number of Methodist ministers living …
WHAT’S NEW?
PROTEIN AND THE PROSPECT OF DIABETES There have been a couple of prospective studies or what we are now going to call “Methodist ministers and Cuban rum” studies recently on protein intake and risk of type 2 diabetes. The findings of the University of Eastern Finland study in the British Journal of Nutrition suggest the …
PERSPECTIVES WITH DR ALAN BARCLAY
PURE BUT NOT SO SIMPLE Most nutrition experts have been recommending that we enjoy traditional healthy eating patterns like the Mediterranean and Okinawan diets for many years now, rather than focusing on single nutrients, ingredients or food groups. After all, we eat foods, not nutrients, and the one-nutrient-at-a-time approach is fraught with unintended consequences as …
FOOD UN-PLUGGED
GLUTEN-FREE In August, the Medical Journal of Australia published an article questioning the existence of non-coeliac gluten or wheat sensitivity. The article was hot media fodder, with most stories including a medical expert suggesting that most people avoiding gluten without being diagnosed with celiac disease didn’t need to do so. The article also concluded that …
KEEP GOOD CARBS AND CARRY ON
CAPSICUMS (SWEET PEPPERS) Speedy underestimates the rate at which the Old World embraced the New’s zesty chilli. Try these hot peppers (pimiento) said Columbus proudly introducing them in 1493 – after all pepper (pimento or black pepper) was what he was looking for (well, he possibly said something like that). Within two hundred years they …
IN THE GI NEWS KITCHEN
SPICE IS NICE This month Kate Hemphill showcases three spice blends – sambar curry powder, paella spice mix and Creole seasoning – from the Herbies range that transform simple, relatively inexpensive family meals – a burger, a one-pot stew and stuffed peppers – into something you could serve for a more special occasion. STICKS, SEEDS, …
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