Low GI Snacks
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Low GI Snacks are different to low gi meals. They’re a great thing to have on hand in-between meal times to prevent your blood sugar levels falling too low. However, do keep in mind that snacking can be the quickest way to undo all of your health, or weight related, efforts. A “snack” should always be a small snack! Definitely not another meal!
It’s also important to keep in mind that a late evening or midnight snack is not a good habit. Remember too, that it’s best not to skip meals or allow yourself to feel overly hungry, as you’d be undoing your health-related and weight loss goals in the process. It only causes more spiking and plummeting of blood sugar levels, whereas we really need to be keeping those blood sugar levels steady.
When snacking, usually a small handful is sufficient to keep you going. Stay on track by making some healthy, low glycemic choices when you get the munchies.
Try these smart Low GI Snacks ideas:
• A small handful of mixed nuts
• A small bowl of freshly popped popcorn
• A few mixed grain crackers topped with ricotta cheese
• Celery or a banana topped with natural peanut butter
• Wholegrain pita chips topped with hummous
• Baked corn chips with fresh salsa
• Fresh or dried fruit
• A hardboiled egg
• Fresh cut vegetables
• An oat bran muffin
• Lentil dip with fresh carrot sticks, celery and cauliflower
• Yoghurt topped with muesli
• Banana smoothie
• Trail mix made with dried fruit, nuts and seeds
Foods to avoid:
• Sweets and lollies
• Potato chips
• Salted, roasted peanuts and other nuts
• Pastries and cakes
• Icecream
• Biscuits and crackers
Just remember to keep some at the ready in your pantry, desk drawer, or handbag, so that you won’t be tempted by other less healthy options. And enjoy making up new options for healthy low gi snacks!
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Low GI Desserts
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Low GI Desserts? Absolutely! After eating good low gi meals, you never need to be missing out on dessert! You can still enjoy many tasty low glycemic treats, in fact the possibilities are endless, once you get the idea of how to put one together. If you use a piece of fruit as your starting point, you can bake it, blend it, add toppings or puree it in a sauce. And if you stay with fresh seasonal fruits, your recipes will stay fresh with the seasons.
To get you started, try some of these Healthy Low GI Desserts:
• Fruit salads – try different combinations with fresh, frozen, or even canned varieties
• Homemade gelati made with frozen berries blended with a little natural yoghurt
• Homemade rolled oat biscuits
• Fruit crumble topped with natural muesli and flaked coconut – most fruits work well
• Poached fruit
• Coconut coated baked bananas
• Baked apples with dried fruits and nuts
• Two or three scorched almonds (not the whole box, though!)
• A small piece of dark chocolate (with >70% cocoa)
Things to avoid:
• Cream and icecream
• Full fat sweetened yoghurts
• Desserts made with refined sugar and white flour
• Pastries and cakes
The possibilities of good options are endless – buy a new low gi cookbook – or have fun rummaging through your old ones. You’ll find many recipes, perhaps with just minor modifications, to make excellent low gi desserts!
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Low GI Eating – Made Easy!
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From the creators of the Low Glycemic Diet, Low GI Eating – Made Easy is a simple and accessible handbook explaining how to make the GI work for every body, every meal, every day.
In small and easy steps, learn how to transform your diet so you can eat well, look good and stay healthy. Includes top 100 low GI foods, clear explanations on how to choose low GI foods plus over 300 quick meal recipes, plus snack and treat suggestions.
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The Low GI Diet Cookbook
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This is our favourite cookbook!!!
100 low glycemic diet recipes from the creators of the Low GI Diet, alongside recipes from key celebrity chefs.
These recipes will help you cook simple, healthy meals and to lose weight reliably and safely – and keep it off!
This full colour book is packed with delicious recipes for breakfast/lunch/dinner and
those all important snacks and sweet treats. The perfect companion to the The Low GI Diet.
Guest chefs include: Luke Mangan, Rick Stein, Julie Le Clerc, Margaret Fulton and Catherine Saxelby.
From cooking tips and serving suggestions to fitness and shopping tips, there’s never been a better or more attractive way to live the low GI way.
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Low GI Family Cookbook
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Another of our favourites!
From the team who created Low GI Eating, the Low GI Family Cookbook offers over 100 healthy recipes the whole family will love.
Whether you have a toddler or a teenager, this beautifully photographed cookbook shows you how easy it is to combine the essentials of healthy eating with the proven benefits of low GI carbs and make a real difference to your whole family’s long-term health and wellbeing.
Packed with over 100 delicious recipes and illustrated with gorgeous colour photos, The Low GI Family Cookbook shows you how to make the most of fresh fruit and vegetables, wholegrain breads and cereals, a variety of healthy sources of protein, plus nuts and seeds and the healthy fats including omega-3
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