The Right Food Choices Made Easy
With Recipes by Lisa Lintner
Are all fats bad or only some? Should we be loading up on carbohydrates or packing our diet with proteins? Is chocolate really that bad for us? There are so many conflicting messages about nutrition afloat today, we have good reason to be confused.
Despair not! This book explains and demystifies today's hot nutritional issues, and contains 50 fabulous recipes that prove healthy eating is delicious, easy-to-achieve and doesn't involve giving up all the foods you love. It presents the latest findings about the glycaemic index; gives the good oil on fats, including the amazing health benefits of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids; looks at the big pluses of Mediterranean and Asian diets; and discusses the pros and cons of the fashionable, high protein palaeolithic diet.
'G I Plus' features:
- 50 fabulous recipes with a special focus on Mediterranean- and Asian-style cooking
- a low G I shopping guide and pantry plan
- advice on exercising without pain
- 7-day menu plans, including essential dietary tips for diabetics, children, teenagers, people with active lifestyles and sports people
- food that looks and tastes great.
Eating the 'G I Plus' way can help reduce the risk of heart disease, alleviate arthritis pain, reduce the risk of diabetes and aid its management, provide sustained energy and help control and maintain a healthy weight. Just as importantly, it can be achieved through a simple, balanced approach to food. You'll find that rather than being hard, it's all too easy.
