GI Update
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions I have read that we should be basing our diet mostly on plant foods for good health. But I have also read that a moderate protein diet will keep us feeling fuller for longer and help us maintain a healthy weight. What plant foods have protein and which ones …
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Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions Many of the studies you write about in GI News talk about ‘insulin resistance’ and ‘insulin sensitivity’. Can you explain these terms? Insulin is a hormone that plays several critical roles in our health and wellbeing. It’s been called the MASTER hormone because it regulates so many things, including …
GI Update
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions ‘What is the latest research on low GI carbs for exercise? Is the intensity of exercise important?’ Whether you are a professional athlete, exercising for health and fitness or aiming to lose weight, the type, timing and amount of food you eat before and after exercise will help you …
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Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions Isn’t the insulin response more important than the GI value? Wouldn’t it be better to have an insulin index of foods? The insulin demand exerted by foods is indeed important for long-term health, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that we need an insulin index of foods instead of a …
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Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions Does the carbohydrate content on a food’s nutrition label have any relationship to its blood glucose-raising capacity? Yes, but only to some extent. We can make a few generalisations. If a food has less than 5 grams of carbohydrate per serving, then it won’t have a marked effect on …
News Briefs
‘Glycemic index may not affect appetite: Unilever study.’ The story was published in an online newsletter called ‘Food Navigator’ that’s widely read by the food industry and dietitians etc. We don’t know who wrote it, but it is misleading (to put it mildly) as we discovered when we asked Dr Alan Barclay to check it …
GI Update
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions ‘I like to eat a wide variety of vegetables. In fact I love having a rainbow on my plate. But some of my favourites like pumpkin seem to have moderate or even high GI values. Does that mean people with diabetes shouldn’t eat them?’ People with diabetes can happily …
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Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions I have PCOS and have been told that if I eat a low GI diet it will help me lose some weight and maybe even help me get pregnant. I have tried diets before and never seem to stick to them. Have you got any tips – I really …
GI Update
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions From the perspective of blood glucose, is honey better than sugar? Up until recently, we would have said honey is not different from table sugar. After all, honey doesn’t contribute much in the way of micronutrients, and we thought it had a similar effect on blood glucose as table …
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Professor Jennie Brand-Miller answers your questions Some people tell me that watermelon sends blood glucose levels soaring, but others say that’s wrong. What’s the real deal? The real deal is that a normal serving of watermelon won’t have much effect on blood glucose levels. Those who’ve got it wrong are taking the high GI value …
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