Shop, cook and eat with healthy low GI carbs and discover the health benefits. Whether you eat paleo or gluten-free, high-carb, moderate or low, the Low GI Diet Shopper's Guide gives you the tools and tips you need to choose the best carbs. Updated for 2015, this easy-to-use guide shows the GI values of your favourite foods and preferred brands and helps you identify healthier low-GI carbohydrate alternatives so that you can start making a difference to your diet. Included are: -GI values for over 1,000 foods and pre-prepared meals, including new products for 2015 -User-friendly tables arranged by food category -Comprehensive data on carbs per serve and glycemic load -A shopping list of low GI essentials -Tips for meal-planning -Ideas for gluten-free meals -Advice about eating out and keeping low GI -The facts about sugar and sweeteners Subscribe for free to GI News - the official newsletter of the Glycemic Index Foundation - at www.gisymbol.com/ginews. The GI Symbol is your guarantee that the GI value stated near the nutrition information label is accurate, helping you select smart low GI carbohydrate foods with confidence to lower the overall GI of your diet. www.gisymbol.com The GI Symbol Program is run by the Glycemic Index Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation established by the University of Sydney, JDRF and Diabetes Australia.

Check the low GI values of all your favourite foods and shop, cook and eat low GI with confidence. Whether you eat paleo or gluten-free, high-carb, moderate or low, the Low GI Diet Shopper's Guide gives you the tools and tips you need to choose the best carbs. Newly updated with the latest values and products, this easy-to-use guide show the GI values of your favourite foods and preferred brands and helps you identify healthier low GI carbohydrate alternatives so that you can start making a difference to your diet. Included are: -GI values for over 1,000 foods and pre-prepared meals, including new products -User-friendly tables arranged by food category -Comprehensive data on carbs per serve and glycemic load -A shopping list of low GI essentials -Tips for meal-planning -Ideas for gluten-free meals -Advice about eating out and keeping low GI -The facts about sugars and sweeteners Subscribe for free to GI News - the official newsletter of the Glycemic Index Foundation - at www.gisymbol.com/ginews. The GI symbol is your guarantee that the GI value stated near the nutrition information label is accurate, helping you select smart low GI carbohydrate foods with confidence to lower the overall GI of your diet. www.gisymbol.com The GI Symbol Program is run by the Glycemic Index Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation established by the University of Sydney, JDRF and Diabetes Australia.

The Glycemic Matrix is a new paradigm which combines the glycemic index with the glycemic load in a gram of food. This maximizes hunger satisfaction while minimizing glycemic impact!

First published in 2005 in B format as The Holford Low-GL Diet, this book quickly established itself as one of Patrick Holford's core nutrition titles. Patrick is at the forefront of research into fast, safe and lasting weight loss, pinpointing that the secret of successful weight loss is to balance your blood sugar. By eating foods with a low glycemic load (GL), you can balance your blood sugar and not only lose weight quickly but keep it off, feel full of energy and enjoy greatly improved health. In the four years since first publication, thousands of people have followed Patrick's low-GL system with great success, and numerous scientific trials have validated the initial research. As well as encouraging weight loss, it has been proven that a low-GL diet can slow down the ageing process, improve mood and memory, lower cholesterol without drugs, prevent and reverse diabetes and heart disease, and cut cancer risk. This expanded and updated edition - THE LOW-GL DIET BIBLE - is packed with new information on why low GL beats low-fat, low-calorie and high-protein diets every time, and why it is number one for weight loss and good health.

In 1981, David Jenkins, Thomas Wolever, and colleagues introduced the concept of the glycemic index (GI) to differentiate carbohydrates based on the rate of blood glucose rise following their consumption. Although GI was first used in diet therapy for diabetes, research evidence has accumulated since then to thousands of publications from all over the world with applications for prevention and/or management of many diseases, as well as effects on physiological states and exercise. The Glycemic Index: Applications in Practice has gathered together, in an unbiased and critical way, all the evidence and research on GI, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, pregnancy outcomes, sports performance, eye health, and cognitive functioning. It provides a detailed explanation on how to correctly measure a food’s GI, how the GI of food products can be altered, as well as the use and misuse of GI labelling around the globe. The contributors are either pioneers or experts in the area of GI from all around the globe, including Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States. The book is a valuable source of information for healthcare professionals of various disciplines, nutritionists, dietitians, food scientists, medical doctors, sports scientists, psychologists, public health (nutrition) policy makers, and students in these fields, as well as an important addition to university libraries.

Though there is considerable historical and anecdotal record for the use and efficacy of the cancer preventative properties of vegetables, fruits, and herbs, modern healthcare professionals require scientific evidence and verifiable results to make defensible decisions on the benefits, risks, and value of botanicals and their extracts in the preven

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences and brings together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship. Contributions detail scientific developments in the broad areas of food science and nutrition and are intended to provide those in academia and industry with the latest information on emerging research in these constantly evolving sciences. - The latest important information for food scientists and nutritionists - Peer-reviewed articles by a panel of respected scientists - The go-to series since 1948

Food for Fitness is the bible for anyone who is serious about their sport, health and fitness. This new edition has seen a complete overhaul of the book - radically improving the design and adding lots of new material. The book is now in full colour and contains lots of engaging fact boxes and top tips from leading sportspeople and athletes, as well as high quality photography. In terms of content, the book is divided into three sections: Exercise and nutrition - seven chapters offering detailed guidance on a range of subjects from eating for competition to superfoods. Meal plans - guidance on how too design your perfect meal plan, plus ready-made plans for a range of sports and calorie intakes. Recipes - over 50 recipes for drinks, snacks, main meals and much more.

Epidemiological and intervention studies have increased both public and expert awareness of the possible importance of blood sugar regulation and the varying glycemic index of foods in the etiology and treatment of chronic diseases. Generally a low glycemic index diet is considered beneficial due to less incremental increase in blood levels of glucose than with a high glycemic index diet. Nordic dietary habits include a large number of carbohydrate rich food items, many of which are likely to fall into the category of high glycemic index. Evaluation of the evidence and the practical implications of these studies on nutrition recommendations have to be clarified. The report sheds a light to the strengths and weaknesses of the glycemic index.

Carbohydrates in Food, Third Edition provides thorough and authoritative coverage of the chemical analysis, structure, functional properties, analytical methods, and nutritional relevance of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides used in food. Carbohydrates have become a hot topic in the debate about what to eat. This new edition includes increased treatment of resistant starch, dietary fiber, and starch digestion, especially in relation to different diets, suggesting that carbohydrate consumption should be reduced. New to the Third Edition: Explains how models for starch molecules have been improved recently leading to clearer understanding Discusses the growing interest in new sources of carbohydrates, such as chitosan and fructans, because of their function as prebiotics Features the latest developments on research into dietary fiber and starch digestion Carbohydrates in Food, Third Edition combines the latest data on the analytical, physicochemical, and nutritional properties of carbohydrates, offering a comprehensive and accessible single source of information. It evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of using various analytical methods, presents discussion of relevant physicochemical topics that relate to the use of carbohydrates in food that allow familiarity with important functional aspects of carbohydrates; and includes information on relevant nutritional topics in relation to the use of carbohydrates in food.