The Low GI Shopper's Guide to GI Values

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 choicesAs 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.

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.

'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