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Food and cooking tips

Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.


If you're eating foods out of season, it's likely that they have come a long way - try to eat food that is both locally produced and can be found at that time of year, locally!

Dieting 101

The Glycaemic Index Diet
The gi index diet is based on the glycaemic index, a list of foods and a score representing the speed that the glucose and energy of the food type gets transformed to sugar in the dieters system. The believe is that slow release foods (ie those foods with a low Glycaemic score), keep you satisfied for a longer period of time and help to eat fewer food without feeling you are always hungry.
It's also extremeley useful for diabetes sufferers, as the low GI types of food are helpful in minimizing rises in glucose levels.

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