The New Glucose Revolution
The Authoritative Guide to the Glycemic Index - the Dietary Solution for Lifelong Health
Brand-Miller, Jennie (EDT)
Colagiuri, Stephen
Brand-Miller, Jennie
Foster-Powell, Kaye M.
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Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller has championed the GI approach to nutrition for more than 20 years. Now, in this newly revised and updated third edition, she and her colleagues offer their latest research and the newest discoveries further substantiating the conn
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The New York Times bestseller, by the world's leading authorities on the glycemic index, now completely revised and updated: More useful and relevant than ever, The New Glucose Revolution is the definitive introduction to and an essential source of new information for everyone seeking to establish a way of eating for lifelong health, no matter what your current age, weight, or medical or physical condition. Widely recognized as the most significant dietary finding of the last twenty-five years, the glycemic index (GI)an easy-to-understand measure of how foods affect blood glucose levelsshows how and why eating low-GI foods has major health benefits for everybody, every day, at every meal. This all-new third edition includes: ? The latest scientific findings on the GI and the myriad benefits of eating low-GI foods ? Instantly readable tables of GI and glycemic load values for more than 500 popular foods and prepared meals, including brand-new GI values for 125 foods ? Dozens of delicious, easy low-GI recipes for everyday meals and snacks ? A brand-new AZ of the 100 key terms used throughout the book ? Answers to nearly 50 of the most frequently asked questions about the GI
AUTHOR BIO
Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D., one of the worlds foremost authorities on carbohydrates and the glycemic index, has championed the GI approach to nutrition for more than 20 years. Professor of Nutrition at the University of Sydney and the President of the Nutrition Society of Australia, Brand-Miller manages a GI food-labeling program in Australia (www.gisymbol.com.au) with Diabetes Australia and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to ensure that claims about the GI are scientifically correct and applied only to nutritious foods. Winner of Australias prestigious ATSE Clunies Ross Award in 2004 for her commitment to advancing science and technology, Brand-Miller is one of the worlds most in-demand speakers on the GI and her laboratory at the University of Sydney is the worlds foremost GI-testing center.
Thomas M.S. Wolever, MD is professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, and a member of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto. He is a graduate of Oxford University (BA, MA, MB, B.Ch, M.Sc, and DM) in the United Kingdom. He received his PhD at the University of Toronto. Since 1980 his research has focused on the glycemic index of foods and the prevention of type 2 diabetes. The coauthor of many books in the Glucose Revolution series, he lives in Toronto, Canada.
Kaye Foster-Powell, M. Nutr & Diet, an accredited dietitian-nutritionist with extensive experience in diabetes management, counsels hundreds of people a year on how to improve their health and well-being and reduce their risk of diabetic complications through a low-GI diet. She is the lead author of the authoritative tables of GI and glycemic load values published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. She is the coauthor of all books in the Glucose Revolution series.
Stephen Colagiuri, MD is the Director of the Diabetes Centre and Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, New South Wales. He graduated from the University of Sydney and received his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He has a joint academic appointment at the University of New South Wales. He has more than 100 scientific papers to his name, many concerned with the importance of carbohydrates in the diet of people with diebetes, and is coauthor of many books in the Glucose Revolution series.
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ISBN: 1569242585
ISBN(13-digit): 9781569242582
Dewey Decimal: 613.2/83
Library of Congress: 2006032624
Book Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 320
Paper Weight (lb): 0.75 lb
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