The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Family Cookbook Raise Food-Smart Kids--100 Fun and Delicious Recipes Made Healthy with the Glycemic Index

by Brand-Miller, Dr. Jennie; Manning, Anneka; Sandall, Philippa; Foster-Powell, Kaye

• ISBN13: 9781600940330
• ISBN10: 1600940331
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-26
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

Low GI eating has advantages for everyone-including healthy, growing children. By raising blood glucose and insulin levels more gradually and evenly (which means food is more filling), low GI diets reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. An essential guide to raising and nourishing children of all ages,The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Family Cookbookhas ideas for healthy meals for every time of day, from breakfast to dinner to dessert. You'll also learn strategies to help kids make smart food choices, how to plan balanced diets and substitute high GI foods with low GI alternatives, and information for feeding kids with food allergies or sensitivities. With low GI varieties of family favorites like mac 'n' cheese and spaghetti with meatballs, this cookbook also includes many other tasty, kid-tested recipes, including, baked crispy fish pieces, French toast with strawberry and banana topping, cheesy vegetable patties, frozen berry yogurt popsicles, homemade popcorn, and easy tomato tuna pasta. Providing your family with the nutrition they require can be a challenge when you're confronted with a range of ages and preferences. But withThe New Glucose Revolution Low GI Family Cookbook, you can feed your whole family nutritiousandenticing meals while learning the healthy eating habits of the GI-for a lifetime of health and vitality.

Author Biography

Jennie Brand-Miller, PhD, one of the world’s leading 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 a former President of the Nutrition Society of Australia, she is an in-demand speaker on the GI and her laboratory at the University of Sydney is the world’s foremost GI-testing center. Kaye Foster-Powell, M Nutr, & Diet, RD, is an accredited practicing dietitian with extensive experience in diabetes management, and is the co-author, with Dr. Brand-Miller, of the authoritative tables of GI and glycemic load values published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Anneka Manning has spent more than sixteen years in the food print media as a food editor and consultant, also overseeing the publishing of seven titles and author of two successful, award winning books. Her writing is featured in publications such as VOGUE Entertaining + Travel, Diabetic Living and Weight Watchers Australia. Philippa Sandall is a writer and editor who specializes in the areas of food, health and nutrition and has been involved in the New Glucose Revolution series since its inception over ten years ago.