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The Glycaemic Index Diet
The gi index diet is linked to the glycaemic index, a chart showing foods and an indicator of the ease that the carbohydrates in the food type gets changed to glucose in your blood stream. The claim is that long-acting types of food (ie with a low Glycaemic index score), keep you satiated for longer and help to consume fewer food without being miserabl;e.
It's also extremely good for sufferers from diabetes, as the low GI types of food are beneficial in minimizing surges in glucose secretion.

Sorrel & Haricot Soup

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Ingredients And Procedures

8 oz Haricot beans

1 tb Sunflower oil

1 Bay leaf

1 md Onion, thinly sliced

25 oz Stock

6 oz Sorrel leaves

1 oz Margarine

6 oz Soymilk

Salt & pepper 4 tb Freshly chopped parsley

Soak beans overnight. Boil them in water with the oil, bay leaf & onion. Drain & discard the bay leaf. Briefly blend the beans. Gradually mix in the stock. Finely chop the sorrel leaves. Melt the margarine in a pot on medium heat. Stir in the sorrel leaves & let them soften. Rub them through a sieve into the beans. Heat the soup to just below boiling point. Stir in the soymilk. Season to taste. Serve with parsley garnish. Gail Duff, "A Book of Herbs & Spices"

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