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Swop | For |
of ice-cream | bowl of low-fat yoghurt with frozen berries |
Caesar salad | garden salad |
cheese platter | fresh fruit platter |
cream pie | stewed fruit and custard |
creamy salad dressing | lime juice and herbs or balsamic vinegar |
a ham and cheese toasty | A multigrain toasty with lean ham and cheese. Cottage cheese or Ricotta |
meat loaded pizza | Vegetarian pizza with low-fat cheese. I have a good pizza suggestion. |
pizza dinner | grilled lean meat and vegetable dinner |
a take-away meal | quick and easy salad and grilled meat meal at home |
quick and easy salad and grilled meat meal at home | with meals with tasty spices low in sugar and salt |
butter | Reduced-fat margarine or removed completely from your diet, there is plenty of moisture in your filling. (Butter etc only adds moisture. |
Swap butter on a cob of corn | pepper on a cob of corn |
butter on your baked potato | chili or herbs or any other spice you enjoy |
butter on your baked potato | for low-fat yoghurt or low fat cheese |
butter on your toast | Margarine or removed completely from your diet, there is plenty of moisture in your filling. (Butter etc only adds moisture.) |
cheese snacks | fresh fruit |
cream | low-fat yoghurt or low fat custard |
creamy desserts | refreshing fruit |
creamy sauces | a tomato or vegetable sauce |
creamy, cheesy pasta sauces | for tomato and herb varieties |
eggs Benedict | poached eggs with salsa even better just egg white, even better omega-3 eggs |
fried eggs | poached or boiled eggs see above |
full-cream yoghurt | low-fat natural yoghurt and add your own fruit |
full-fat cheese | low-fat cheese |
full-fat dairy | reduced-fat variety |
When cooking, swap butter | cooking spray or a poly or mono unsaturated oil (See my articles on ├óÔé¼┼ôGood fats Bad fats├óÔé¼┬Ø) |
cream pie | stewed fruit and custard |
glass of fruit juice | a piece of fruit and water |
fried chips | Baked potato with salad or even fried sweat potato or fried Jerusalem artichokes. |
fruit straps | fresh fruit |
high-fat crackers and dips | veggie sticks or water crackers with salsa |
hot chips | steamed or boiled potato with chili flakes or herbs |
potato chips | rice crackers |
roast potatoes cooked in animal fat | for roast potatoes sprayed with olive oil |
second sandwich | some salad |
tinned fruit in ‘syrup’ | for tinned fruit in ‘natural juices’ |
vegetable tempura | Grilled or steamed  vegetables |
Occasionally swap red meats | fish, chicken, or legumes |
cooked breakfast | Fruit and cereal high in grains and fiber e.g.  rolled oats |
a large serve of meat | a smaller serve with extra vegetables preferably not cooked in butter |
meat loaded pizza | vegetarian pizza with low-fat cheese (See my healthy pizza alternative) |
fried, battered fish | piece of grilled fish with fresh herbs and lemon (see my fish recipes) |
pizza dinner | lean meat and vegetable dinner |
take-away meal | quick and easy salad and grilled meat meal at home |
fatty take-away | salad sandwich or sushi |
sausages and regular mince | Lean meat or mince. (Lean chicken or pork mince are other alternatives if you can find them. Also look for Omega-3 chicken and pork mince) |
tuna in olive oil | tuna in spring water |
a filled croissant | raisin toast |
a ham and cheese toasty | a multigrain toasty with lean ham and cheese Cottage cheese or Ricotta |
low-nutrition breakfast | one that’s high in grains and fiber (Rolled Oats) |
baking with white flour | baking with whole meal flour see my bread recipes) |
toasted muesli | untoasted natural muesli |
using bread  and biscuits for dipping | carrot, celery or cucumber sticks with low-fat dip |
white bread | wholegrain varieties (see my bread recipes) |
bowl of ice-cream and topping | bowl of low-fat yoghurt with frozen berries |
chocolate bar | small low-fat chocolate milk (I know that some people can not do without chocolate but try the sugar free varieties available at your chemists) |
chocolate bar | small piece of licorice |
handful of lollies | a handful of berries (if you must have sweets try the sugar free varieties available at your chemists) |
a large coffee | small coffee or tea or even water |
large portion of milk chocolate | small piece of dark chocolate (I know that some people can not do without chocolate but try the sugar free varieties available at your chemists) |
pack of lollies | punnet of berries |
a regular ice-cream | low-fat ice-cream |
sugary dessert | low-fat milk coffee |
Ice cream |  frozen grapes, sliced bananas or oranges |
iced coffee | small fruit frappe |
apple pie | baked apple |
biscuits | fruit |
hot fudge sauce | mashed berries |
soft drinks | plain mineral water flavoured with a squeeze of lemon or lime plain water or soda water |
sugary snacks | a piece of fruit |
Reference
Great resource
Some key features include:
– An interactive SWAP IT tool – encouraging you to simply swap high for low GI foods.
– Low GI recipes and meal plans
– Tips to go Low GI and improve your BGL’s
– Fact Sheets, shopping lists and more
Swap it!
Using the GI is easy. You don’t need to know numbers or do the maths.
Simply swap your usual carbohydrate food for a lower GI one.