Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller - The Shoppers Guide to GI Values: The Authoritative Source of Glycemic Index Values for More Than 1,200 Foods

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To stay up to date with the latest research on carbohydrates, the GI, and your health, and the latest books in the series, check out the free online monthly newsletter GI News, produced by Dr. Jennie Brand-Millers GI Group at the University of Sydney: http://ginews.blogspot.com

About the authors

Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D., one of the worlds foremost authorities on carbohydrates and the glycemic index, has championed the GI approach to nutrition for more than 25 years. Professor of Nutrition at the University of Sydney and past president of the Nutrition Society of Australia, in 2004 Brand-Miller was awarded Australias prestigious ATSE Clunies Ross Award for her commitment to advancing science and technology. She is an in-demand speaker at scientific conferences, and her laboratory at the University of Sydney is one of the worlds busiest GI-testing centers. Professor Brand-Miller is coauthor of the more than fifteen books in the internationally bestselling New Glucose Revolution series, which has more than 3.5 million copies in print worldwide.

Kaye Foster-Powell, BSc., M. Nutr. & Diet., an accredited practicing dietitian with extensive experience in diabetes management, is the coauthor, with Dr. Brand-Miller and Fiona Atkinson, of the authoritative tables of GI and glycemic load values published in Diabetes Care. Foster-Powell is also coauthor with Brand-Miller of the more than fifteen books in the internationally bestselling New Glucose Revolution series.

Fiona Atkinson, BSc., M. Nutr. & Diet., is a research dietitian and the manager of the University of Sydneys Glycemic Index Research Service (SUGiRS). Along with Jennie Brand-Miller and Kaye Foster-Powell, she is the author of the authoritative tables of GI and glycemic load values published in Diabetes Care. She is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Sydney focusing on the glycemic index.

Copyright 2015 by Jennie Brand-Miller and Kaye Foster-Powell

This edition is being published in somewhat different form in Australia in 2015 by Hodder Australia, an imprint of Hachette Livre Australia Pty Ltd. This edition is published by arrangement with Hachette Livre Australia Pty Ltd.

The chapter Sugars and Sweeteners () first appeared in The New Glucose Revolution for Diabetes. It has been modified for this edition.

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