Download or read book The Low GI Guide to Gluten-Free Cooking written by Janette Brand Miller and published by . This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely recognised as the most significant dietary finding of the last twenty-five years, the glycemic index (GI) is an easy-to-understand measure of how foods affect blood glucose levels. Low GI diets improve health and weight control, lower 'bad' cholesterol and help prevent or reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart diseases, cancer and other chronic diseases. LOW GI GLUTEN-FREE COOKING explains clearly and simply how to combine the ground rules of a gluten-free diet with the lifelong health benefits of low GI eating to enable you to live well and stay healthy. It includes seven simple dietary guidelines for eating gluten-free and low GI; how to find and source gluten-free products; low GI substitutes for common high GI foods; 100 delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes with dishes for each meal of the day; GI tables with values for popular gluten-free foods.