Health Burden of Obesity Rises
The negative impact of obesity on the quality and quantity of life more than doubled within a span of just 15 years, researchers report.
Glycemic Index Foods & Carb Friendly Food Lists
- GI News - April 2019 March 31, 2019GI News is published online every month by the University of Sydney, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and the Charles Perkins Centre, and delivered to the mailboxes of our 97,000 subscribers. Our goal is to help people choose the high-quality carbs that are digested at a rate that our bodies can comfortably accommodate and […]
- FOOD FOR THOUGHT March 31, 2019SUGAR ALCOHOLS (POLYOLS) QandA: OUR EXPERTS ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS Prof Jennie Brand-Miller and Dr Alan Barclay answer 7 of the most common questions we are asked about sugar alcohols. WHAT ARE SUGAR ALCOHOLS (POLYOLS)? Erythritol, glycerol, hydrogenated starch hydrolysates, isomalt, lactitol, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol and xylitol are sugar alcohols. They are a type of carbohydrate. Their somewhat confusing […]
- WHAT’S NEW? March 31, 2019WILL A TREAT A DAY KEEP THE WEIGHT AWAY? Possibly. Back in 2005, when researchers from the University of Toronto deprived a group of women volunteers of chocolate for a week, they found that the restrained eaters in the group experienced more intense, chronic chocolate cravings and swallowed approximately double the amount of the forbidden food […]