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The Low GI Shopper's Guide to GI Values
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Product Description
The GI tables - the comprehensive lists of foods and their GI values - are the key to unlocking the fantastic health benefits of low GI eating. In this fully revised edition, the tables are easier to use than ever before, and include:
- A-Z listings for easy access
- Low-to-high GI values listings
- Helpful comments to inform your food choices
As well as the GI values, the tables also give the serving size and glycemic load - all the information you need to choose the best foods for the healthiest diet. Symbols indicate ‘star performer' foods - those with a low GI and you the best overall nutritional value.
With tables organised in a variety of easy formats to suit all readers, the latest research into GI and an at-a-glance GI food pyramid, this is the only book you need to understand GI values at a glance and make the best possible food choices.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #212619 in Books
- Published on: 2006-09-21
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 144 pages
Editorial Reviews
Jean Carper, author of FOOD: YOUR MIRACLE MEDICINE
'Forget Sugar Busters. Forget The Zone. Read this book.'
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'Forget SUGAR BUSTERS. Forget THE ZONE. Read this book.' (Jean Carper, author of FOOD: YOUR MIRACLE MEDICINE )
‘Here, at last, is a book that explains what we know about the glycemic index and its importance in designing a diet for optimum health. Carbohydrates are not all bad. Read the good news about pasta and even – believe it or not – sugar!’ (Andrew Weil, MD, bestselling author of SPONTANEOUS )
'A groundbreaking guide to the glycaemic index' (Pride )
About the Author
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller is a world authority on the glycaemic index of foods and Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney. Kaye Foster-Powell is an expert dietician.
Customer Reviews
Very Useful
I have been following GI for many months now and have bought many GI books, mainly cookbooks. I decided to invest in a GI counter so that it would be easier for me to buy groceries; I did research the books that provide the sort of thing.
Since GI is very specific to the brand and not the type of food; i.e. Alpen Muesli will have a different rating to Tesco Value Muesli; the listings in this book are personally very helpful to me especially because they have many listings of Tesco foods, my main super market. I also feel that the author has really made this book specific for UK readers. Many books that I have encountered are not as specific to UK food which makes it not very useful for UK readers.
The book gives a breakdown of:
GI rating,
Normal serving size,
Available carb per size and
GL per size
The GI and GL are given in figures which I find more useful that `Low', `Medium' and `High' because I can further distinguish between really high GI foods and fairly high GI foods.
What I personally think is lacking however is he lack of calorie and fat figures which I find are important to assess the general nutritional value of the food but I suppose that can be worked out from the packet of the food.
Another minor down-point is the size of the item; I preferably wanted a book that I could keep in my handbag so I could refer to whenever I go to the shops however this book is not as appropriate in size as the Collins GI counter. Though this book is thin compared to the Collins one it is by no mean `pocket sized'.
All in all a very handy book.
