Getting ready to entertain this festive season? No one wants to be deprived of all their holiday favourites or feel like the Christmas grinch. Eating well can also be healthy – just remember the basic principles of swapping rich and fatty high Gi foods for healthy low...
It’s even more important than normal to ensure we are getting adequate intakes of quality carbohydrates during times of stress and low energy. Incorporating quality carbohydrates in our everyday diet is important to ensure our bodies are functioning well and providing...
The Board of Glycemic Index Foundation (GIF) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Directors to the Foundation’s Board of Management. Professor Grant Brinkworth, Mark Field and Richard Meagher were appointed to the organisation in September to support...
The Glycemic Index Foundation (GIF) is a not-for-profit health promotion charity partnership between the University of Sydney and Diabetes NSW & ACT. Their mission is to help people lead healthier lives through adopting evidence-based low GI eating principles for...
To help Australians better manage their weight, the CSIRO and GI Foundation partnered to make the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet (TWD) available online to provide Australians with a more flexible approach to weight control. The online program was launched in 2015 and 5...
PREVIEW is an acronym of PREVention of diabetes through lifestyle Intervention and population studies in Europe and around the world to identify the most efficient lifestyle pattern for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in a population pre-diabetic overweight or obese...
Fuel your body with carbohydrates you can trust. There is often a misconception that low Gi also means low carbohydrate. This is not true. Low carbohydrate looks at the quantity of carbohydrates in a food whereas low Gi looks at the quality of the carbohydrate, and...
Top Tips to go Low Gi In these unsettling times it’s more important than ever to boost our health and happiness as best we can. Eating a low Gi diet is guaranteed to keep your energy levels up and can have positive effects on your mood too. Here’s how to stay healthy...
Most diabetes organisations globally advise that you do not need to avoid sugar all together – you just need to limit foods with lots of added sugar and little nutritional value such as confectionery, cakes, biscuits, soft drinks and desserts. When consumed over the...
A low Gi diet is scientifically proven to help manage blood glucose levels, reduce insulin resistance and improve blood cholesterol – all important for preventing, managing and reducing the risk of long-term diabetes related complications. What is a low Gi diet? The...
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