The New Glucose Revolution Shopper's Guide to GI Values 2010: The Authoritative Source of Glycemic Index Values for More Than 1,300 Foods [Mass Market Paperback]

Dr. Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller M.D. M.D. (Author), Kaye Foster-Powell M. Nutr & Diet (Author), Kaye Foster-Powell B.SC. M. Nutri. & Diet (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2010

Whether you’re looking to lose weight, help manage conditions like diabetes or hypertension, or simply eat for lifelong good health, adopting a low-GI diet is the scientifically proven way to reach your goal. This 2008 guide, updated with more than 500 new foods, makes it easier than ever to select smart, low-GI choices for all your meals. Featured are: The GI value for over 1,000 popular foods and prepared meals-twice as many as 2007 All-new expanded nutrient data-including serving size, calories, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, fiber, and sodium per serving of each food Advice on shopping and eating out to guide your daily food choices Essential advice for incorporating low-GI foods into a gluten-free diet

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About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books; 1 edition (March 30, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738213683
• ISBN-13: 978-0738213682
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It is an OK book......., April 26, 2010

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Mary Jane Pettiford (Fuquay Varina, NC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The New Glucose Revolution Shopper's Guide to GI Values 2010: The Authoritative Source of Glycemic Index Values for More Than 1,300 Foods (Mass Market Paperback)

The book is very small and doesn't have a lot of the food that I eat so it was not very helpful for me. I could not tell anyone to buy this book unless they are into a lot of processed food and restaurant eating. If that is you, you might like this book!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rating the New Glucose Revolution Guide, August 2, 2010

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This review is from: The New Glucose Revolution Shopper's Guide to GI Values 2010: The Authoritative Source of Glycemic Index Values for More Than 1,300 Foods (Mass Market Paperback)

I have just started a low glycemic index diet, and needed a guide to go by on ratings for gly. index of food. I really looked forward to getting this book. I was somewhat dissapointed when I couldn't find certain foods in the guide. I also have not heard of "President's Choice, Blue Moon" products. Is there a reason that it has to be stated on every product they sell? I realize that this product is probably popular in what ever country that this book is written in, Australia, or maybe Canada. Otherwise, I do use this book on a daily basis to look up the gly. index number for the foods on my diet...or if they aren't on my diet.
Thank you. [...]

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WORTHLESS ON A KINDLE!, January 26, 2011

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Nemo (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The New Glucose Revolution Shopper's Guide to GI Values 2010: The Authoritative Source of Glycemic Index Values for More Than 1000 Foods (Kindle Edition)

This is a great book, but it's WORTHLESS ON A KINDLE. The heart of this book is a large set of tables that show you the GI and GL of various foods. These tables all span two pages, with the food name on the left page, and the important values on the facing page. On the Kindle, itself, you can't see both pages at once, so there's no way to match up the values with the food name short of manually counting the number of lines from the top of the page. Even on the various kindle readers that do let you see two pages at a time, the pages are formatted in such a way that the lines *still* don't line up properly. Go with paper.