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Lazy-boy’s basic risotto
by Vinny Grette in food, health, recipes, Side dishes Tags: carbohydrates, easy recipes, fast food, glycemic load, nutrition, rice, risotto
This risotto’s easy!
Or is it? What’s easy for me may be hard for you. You might not have the equipment to make quick work of the tasks. Your kitchen may require too much walking, lifting, and reaching. Or you may not have had enough practice… the first time around is always hard. Finally, you may not realize that dirt and food are never best friends. In fact, the combo is darn-right dangerous. So you can’t ignore the sink and shun the dish cloth. Accept cleaning up as a basic part of the art, or you’ll never enjoy cooking. And there’s more… More
Wheat and the Glycemic Index… Loaded question!
by Vinny Grette in books, Breads, Desserts, food, health, science Tags: avoiding sugar, carbohydrates, gluten, glycemic index, glycemic load, reviews, wheat, whole grain, William Davis
The glycemic load might be a better guide to healthy eating than the glycemic index
What should we believe? The Internet bombards us with so many facts, ideas, opinions and outright lies, it’s hard to make out the signal from the noise.
Dr. Davis in his book Wheat Belly makes a lot of noise about wheat. He calls it a blight and a poison and says no-one should eat it, not just the 6% of us who are gluten intolerant. But many of his statements are misleading. More