Low-GI diets - hints, tips, recipes?

[Legend83]

Also posted in the Health Matters section.

My wife has been instructed to try a low-GI diet on health grounds. For a lover of all things pasta, baguette, chips and potato related, I think she is going to struggle!

I have googled the concept and there seems to be lots of varieties of the same theme e.g. some say jacket potatoes are not too bad, some say they are the GI devil etc.

Can anyone give me any hints, links, tips or food / recipe ideas? We have started with the basic chamge which is anything white is now brown!

[Todzilla]

I feel kind of dirty for suggesting this (oddly) but Anthony Worral Thompson has a book that we use quite a lot - the lamb's liver salad is awesome!


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antony-Worrall-Thompsons-G...

[Silver993tt]

Legend83 said:

For a lover of all things pasta, baguette, chips and potato related, I think she is going to struggle!

Wholemeal pasta, rye bread, sweet potatoes (baked/wedged/mashed).

After switching to wholemeal pasta I now prefer in over the white variety. You also need less of it since it's more filling and gives a fuller feeling for longer (like most low GI foods). The baguette is a little harder to emulate but I eat alot of Rye bread. It's very moist and again, you don't need as much to be satified. Sweet potatoes are delicious and very healthy, much more so than white potatoes.

You can also try a vegetable soup made from carrots, celery, canellini beans, chick peas, some concentrated tomatoe paste, stock (organic), a touch of ground coriander, ground pepper and then once cooked, blended to make a lovely smooth healthy soup. It's a start anyway.

[Legend83]

Silver993tt said:

Legend83 said:

For a lover of all things pasta, baguette, chips and potato related, I think she is going to struggle!

Wholemeal pasta, rye bread, sweet potatoes (baked/wedged/mashed).

After switching to wholemeal pasta I now prefer in over the white variety. You also need less of it since it's more filling and gives a fuller feeling for longer (like most low GI foods). The baguette is a little harder to emulate but I eat alot of Rye bread. It's very moist and again, you don't need as much to be satified. Sweet potatoes are delicious and very healthy, much more so than white potatoes.

You can also try a vegetable soup made from carrots, celery, canellini beans, chick peas, some concentrated tomatoe paste, stock (organic), a touch of ground coriander, ground pepper and then once cooked, blended to make a lovely smooth healthy soup. It's a start anyway.

Thanks, and apologies for my mood in the World Cup bid thread yesterday.



ETA - Todzilla, that book looks great, thankyou.

Edited by Legend83 on Friday 3rd December 15:49

[Silver993tt]

If you do any stir fries, use de-shelled roasted peanuts (no salt or oil when roasted). They are low GI and very healthy, contain more antioxidants (particularly resveratrol) than red wine, grape juice, berries etc.

Maybe I should start the 'The 2018 World Cup Thread', what do you reckon?

Edited by Silver993tt on Friday 3rd December 15:56

[Legend83]

Silver993tt said:

If you do any stir fries, use de-shelled roasted peanuts (no salt or oil when roasted). They are low GI and very healthy, contain more antioxidants (particularly resveratrol) than red wine, grape juice, berries etc.

Maybe I should start the 'The 2018 World Cup Thread', what do you reckon?

Edited by Silver993tt on Friday 3rd December 15:56

[Silver993tt]

Legend83 said:

Silver993tt said:

If you do any stir fries, use de-shelled roasted peanuts (no salt or oil when roasted). They are low GI and very healthy, contain more antioxidants (particularly resveratrol) than red wine, grape juice, berries etc.

Maybe I should start the 'The 2018 World Cup Thread', what do you reckon?

Edited by Silver993tt on Friday 3rd December 15:56

you're right, better off with the '2022 Qatar World Cup Thread', much more support for that one maybe


On the low GI front, you can also use frozen fruit to make your own smoothies. Fruit (I use strawberries, blueberries and raspberries), half a banana, some coconut milk (very healthy, even though many think it isn't), some orange juice, a blender and a lovely healthy drink.

[Mobile Chicane]

Asian food is a good one provided you stay away from noodles/rice and sweet sauces.

Tom yam soup, steamed dim sum and sashimi are my favourites.

[Silver993tt]

Mobile Chicane said:

Asian food is a good one provided you stay away from noodles/rice and sweet sauces.

Tom yam soup, steamed dim sum and sashimi are my favourites.

You can use wholemeal noodles