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Originally Posted by Martian
I will be cooking a lot of Magpie's meals after March 1st. We do a lot of walking and she's lost a lot of weight already. She was never particularly heavy to begin with, but being in better shape is always a plus.
I'm very much okay with modifying my cooking habits to incorporate foods that are better for her. Due to my Crohn's we tend to avoid anything high fat or otherwise unhealthy anyway; I tend to use chicken and lean ground beef for most of what I do, and prefer fresh fruits and vegetables for aesthetic (taste) reasons. We don't do a lot of junk food, and don't do fast food at all, excepting the occasional pizza when I'm feeling lazy.
I don't really know what constitutes lower GI carbs. Can you ask she-lish to clarify that? What should I be using or not using?
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Low GI Foods
whole grain breads
whole grain cerals (hi fibre varieties)
low fat dairy prodyct (but choose low fat)
nuts and legumes
basmati rice
stone fruits
oranges
strawberries
sweet potato
all non stachy vegetables, and other non carbohydrate foods are low GI.
Pasta is a medium GI
there are plenty of GI guides in bookstores. She-lishs professor Jenny Brand-Miller has written many books about it. she was one of the researchers that developed the GI concept. one of her books that she-lish reccomends is PCOS and GI.
let me know if you have any other questions