Here's How To Follow A Low GI Diet

How to follow a low-GI diet

Make an Internet search for any fad diet and you are likely to get as many hits claiming it is nonsense as those claiming it revolutionises weight loss. But, here's the thing about low-GI; it's not a fad and there are no medical journal articles or scientific studies that say it isn't a healthy dietary concept. Eating low-GI is a key nutrition message that goes hand-in-hand with other healthy eating guidelines such as eat less saturated fats and eat more fruit and vegetables. The Glycemic Index (GI) was devised about 20 years ago when researchers looked closer at the dietary recommendations for diabetics; which was to eat more complex carbohydrates (starch) because they took longer to process and digest than simple carbohydrates (sugar). What the researchers discovered was that the effect

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How Low Should A Low GI Diet Go?

What we now know from numerous observational cohort studies around
the world is that the average GI of the diet of people in the lowest
quintile (20% of the population) is about 40-50. Similarly, in a recent
meta-analysis of 15 experimental studies investigating the role of low
GI diets in managing diabetes, the average GI was 45. Since this
average GI has been proven to have significant health benefits in
people with existing diabetes and in reducing the risk of chronic
diseases like heart disease and diabetes, and importantly, people can
and do achieve it in real life, we believe a GI of 45 or less is a
reasonable definition of a low GI diet or meal.
‘How do you achieve this?

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Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes - LOW GI Recipes

Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes - LOW GI Recipes

Ingredients:

2 large cooking apples, such as Jonathan or Granny Smith, peeled, if desired, and finely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 slightly beaten egg
1 1/2 cups milk
3 tablespoons cooking oil or melted butter
Cooking oil (optional)
Unsweetened applesauce (optional)

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Make Your Own Low GI Bread.

Now this low GI is really taking off and the more popular it gets the better for those of us who want to follow a low GI diet plan. I am fortunate as this website I found is in my 'extended' area.

Now I can bake my own low GI bread the easy way by purchasing a low GI bread mix. I may even take a drive on my next day off and see what else they have to offer. If you live anywhere in Australia they will send their products to you .

Take a look at their website, love the name, "Make It And Bake It"


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