

Nutrition for families - Top tips for reducing sugar intake
Do you have any idea how much sugar you or your family are consuming day to day? It is difficult to track the exact amount of sugar in your diet, especially if you lead a busy lifestyle. For most of us, there are enough pressures from work or home life to give much consideration to monitoring our sugar intake. Nonetheless, many clients come to us and just don’t realize how high the levels of free sugars are in many everyday foods and snacks. It is not until we have carried o


Glycaemic Index and a low GI diet
The glycaemic index (GI) tells us whether a food raises blood glucose levels quickly, moderately or slowly. Different carbohydrates are digested and absorbed at different rates, and GI is a ranking of how quickly each carbohydrate-based food and drink makes blood glucose levels rise after eating them. Therefore, particularly useful if you are diabetic and need to have manage your blood sugar levels carefully. Glycaemic Index (GI) GI is a measure of the effects of a foods carb